I was traveling from a work location back to my office on Tuesday morning at 8:45am. I had just merged onto I-880 here in the Bay Area. Union City for those of you familiar to the area. This part of the freeway has 5 lanes, with the far left lane being a carpool lane. I merged to the carpool lane and fell in behind a white car. She was traveling pretty slow, so I changed 1 lane to my right. I remember throttling up to pass so I could merge back into the carpool lane. The next thing I remember was waking up to the sounds of the paramedics working on me. I was rushed to the trauma center and spent the next 36 hours or so getting poked and prodded, x-rays and CAT scans. A CHP officer paid me a visit to ask what I remembered. I told him I remember a white car and a dark car, and that was it. He let me know, still waiting for the police report, the woman driving the white car changed lanes and hit me, sending me out of control into the back of a black SUV. Interesting that I even remembered the dark car. Speeds were about 65mph, the posted speed limit.
As for me, I was wearing full gear. Scorpions helmet, over pants, and jacket, Streets & Steel gloves, Sidi boots. result, no broken bones, no road rash. I suffered a concussion, bruised brain, extremely bruised right shoulder, limited movement at this time. Stiff and sore neck, and headaches that have not gone away since I regained consciousness. Spent all day yesterday seeing doctors. Because I was traveling from a work location back to My office, HR stepped in and claimed the accident as worker's comp. Not sure how this will play out.
As for the 6R, went to the impound yard yesterday and had AAA meet me there to tow it to Yamaha. All the damage is on the right side. The front wheel is pushed back and the handlebars turn without moving the forks. You can see in the pic that the handlebars are turned to the left, but the front tire is straight. Frame slider on the right is gone. Not sure if it broke off or ground down to nothing. Yamaha will do an estimate as insurance companies don't have adjusters that know the costs of repairing bikes. Something new I learned.
As for the gear,Boots, pants, backpack all cut off by paramedics. Jacket torn. Helmet, well, you can see for yourself. Bottom line, all the gear did what its designed to do. I would not be in the shape I'm in if I wasn't wearing everything.
Special thanks to all of the first responders, doctors, nurses, and mostly to my wife.
As for me, I was wearing full gear. Scorpions helmet, over pants, and jacket, Streets & Steel gloves, Sidi boots. result, no broken bones, no road rash. I suffered a concussion, bruised brain, extremely bruised right shoulder, limited movement at this time. Stiff and sore neck, and headaches that have not gone away since I regained consciousness. Spent all day yesterday seeing doctors. Because I was traveling from a work location back to My office, HR stepped in and claimed the accident as worker's comp. Not sure how this will play out.
As for the 6R, went to the impound yard yesterday and had AAA meet me there to tow it to Yamaha. All the damage is on the right side. The front wheel is pushed back and the handlebars turn without moving the forks. You can see in the pic that the handlebars are turned to the left, but the front tire is straight. Frame slider on the right is gone. Not sure if it broke off or ground down to nothing. Yamaha will do an estimate as insurance companies don't have adjusters that know the costs of repairing bikes. Something new I learned.
As for the gear,Boots, pants, backpack all cut off by paramedics. Jacket torn. Helmet, well, you can see for yourself. Bottom line, all the gear did what its designed to do. I would not be in the shape I'm in if I wasn't wearing everything.
Special thanks to all of the first responders, doctors, nurses, and mostly to my wife.
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Glad you are ok.