CaseyLS
Second Unit
- Joined
- Oct 3, 2002
- Messages
- 370
I was traveling down the street tonight, in the bike lane, and a car pulled out. Actually let me describe the intersection to yeah, it is a lot like a 4 way intersection but the east/west sides are offset by about 20-30 feet. I was going south on the north/south road and a car turned left from the east side and headed south. Has he started to do this it startled me but the road is pretty wide and there is a bike lane that is wide itself so I figured it was no big deal. Well, then without warning, read: no turn signal, Captain Planet makes a right and turn onto the west side. I slammed into him and demolished his mirror. My friend, we'll call him Tanner, because thats his name, said sound of me hitting the guys car and subsequent shattering of his mirror was a horrific sound. I dont really remember hearing because I was still in the "oh snap mode."
THe driver was really cool about it because he knew it was his fault. He said he saw us too late. Tanner and I both had headlights and tail lights. I bent the crap out of my fork and maybe damaged my front wheel. He offered to buy me a new fork but I figured I got the fork out of the used parts bin at my LBS for free so it was no big deal. Any way stay and wear your helmets
THe driver was really cool about it because he knew it was his fault. He said he saw us too late. Tanner and I both had headlights and tail lights. I bent the crap out of my fork and maybe damaged my front wheel. He offered to buy me a new fork but I figured I got the fork out of the used parts bin at my LBS for free so it was no big deal. Any way stay and wear your helmets