Me: 1 Road: 0
So about five weeks ago I faced off against the road, and I came out on top. HAR HAR I love puns. I was riding my motorcycle down 29 and we were all slowing down to enter a construction zone. Some jerkoff forced themselves in front of the truck I was behind, making them jam on their brakes. Because of the time of day there was a huge amount of glare coming off the truck’s back window, keeping me from seeing the brake lights until I was almost on top of him.
So I did what anyone would do, I cried like a little girl. Not really, I put on both brakes as I had no escape path to either side and had to stop in a line. Back tire locked up and I wasn’t stopping fast enough, so I put the bike down in front of me and tried to stay as relaxed and limber as possible. Either way, hard to do much when you’re bouncing across the road at 45mph. The truck I was behind saw me go down and sped off to keep me from going under him, which was mighty nice. Handful of people stopped to help stand my bike up and check on me before the ambulance got there.
Total damage was several patches of road rash (right hand lost most of the skin on the palm, back, shoulder, side, etc.), two broken bones in my wrist (screw through my scaphoid, friggin’ expensive and painful surgery), broken elbow. All in all it’s made doing much of anything tough, especially typing. Writing this blog entry has given my quite the ache, for example. So no typing = no work, and it makes keeping up with things and learning new things hard, too. But I’m trying.
So after my job interview yesterday I’ve decided to go through my Java book one last time (goal is two chapters a day) and start concentrating on the new language. I’m going to try to post a blog entry every day recapping what I’ve read, learned, and what I’m working on. To keep myself accountable, you see.
Anywho, I have a few good friends and family members who were very supportive through this whole madness, and I’m very glad to have had them. And hope that within the next month I’ll be in shape to at least type normally for extended periods of time.
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Ha, I wish more people actually cared. Just try to keep a good cushion of space near motorcyclists. Obviously there are some retards who like showing off and being reckless, but most appreciate having some space. If they tailgate you, slow down and make them pass you.
Woo for proactiveness!
Ouch, dude, that sounds pretty horrific. :( Must be really scary to make that decision to throw yourself off the bike??
I tend to give motorcyclists space, and pull over as much as I can safely do so, so that they can pass.
I always get nervous when motorcycle people ride up behind me, or around me. I’m always terrified I’ll lose sight of them and hit them or something.
Do you has tips of how to be proactive? Like the nice trucker who moved forward so you didn’t get stuck under him, I wouldn’t have thought of that.