Yeah. Me. Mr. SAFETY. Down.
Just going to work, not two miles from my house. Car before me is a long ways away. I'm just commuting. Came around a corner, and that car was stopped in the middle of the road. Just stopped.
Oncoming traffic cleared, and my thought was "OH Shit, they've stopped!" Contemplated going around, but that would have caused a slide beneath the car, so I tried to panic stop. I slid for about twenty feet.
Then I hit the backside of the car. I remember thinking that I'd I'd rather fly over than splat on the backside of that car.
So when the handlebars were literally ripped from my grip, I pushed up with my legs and managed to go over the car, rather than into it's back.
I did not splat. You all know me I'm ATGATT. I figured a nice little hit on the pavement and a slide, and my gear would soak up the kinetic energy.
Only it didn't happen that way. I made it over the car. I then landed on my forehead. Pretty much period. The rest of me just kind of flopped down after that.
Concussion, lost my two front teeth. My entire upper torso is beat to hell. My left inner thigh is bruised, my outside left knee hurts like heck. I hurt all over.
You know what, though? My brain did not splat on the pavement. I hurt and I am injured, but I am ALIVE.
Flying over a car and landing on your cranium without the gear? Yeah. If you can't paint that picture for yourself. I'd be happy to paint it for you.
ATGATT. I live. I might ride again. I wouldn't be here otherwise.
Pictures and videos to follow.
Just going to work, not two miles from my house. Car before me is a long ways away. I'm just commuting. Came around a corner, and that car was stopped in the middle of the road. Just stopped.
Oncoming traffic cleared, and my thought was "OH Shit, they've stopped!" Contemplated going around, but that would have caused a slide beneath the car, so I tried to panic stop. I slid for about twenty feet.
Then I hit the backside of the car. I remember thinking that I'd I'd rather fly over than splat on the backside of that car.
So when the handlebars were literally ripped from my grip, I pushed up with my legs and managed to go over the car, rather than into it's back.
I did not splat. You all know me I'm ATGATT. I figured a nice little hit on the pavement and a slide, and my gear would soak up the kinetic energy.
Only it didn't happen that way. I made it over the car. I then landed on my forehead. Pretty much period. The rest of me just kind of flopped down after that.
Concussion, lost my two front teeth. My entire upper torso is beat to hell. My left inner thigh is bruised, my outside left knee hurts like heck. I hurt all over.
You know what, though? My brain did not splat on the pavement. I hurt and I am injured, but I am ALIVE.
Flying over a car and landing on your cranium without the gear? Yeah. If you can't paint that picture for yourself. I'd be happy to paint it for you.
ATGATT. I live. I might ride again. I wouldn't be here otherwise.
Pictures and videos to follow.