Damn cars. :(

[dtmeister]

Was heading into work after a fun ride around the river with three
friends. Around 8:00am I was on Hay St in West Perth (turned left
into Hay St from Colin). Stuck in the middle of the right hand lane
due to cars parked on the right hand side of this one way street.
Blinking white light at the front, still on even though the sun was
well up.

Black Conformadore looking car in the parallel parking starts to pull
left into my lane. Slow down, but then car stops. Must have seen me.
Nope! Pulls into my lane, emergency stop and I still hit the back
bumper at around 5km/h. Hit lower forehead on boot lid (I think) and
fall left into traffic. Luckily work colleague happened to be on the
scene and helped me up. Inspect damage, sore leg just below knee, but no
bark lost. Conformadore driver comes up, "Are you okay?". "Yes I am, but
you should be careful you don't kill someone." "I thought you were
pulling in to park." "No, I was in the middle of the road, you need to
watch before you pull out." "Well maybe you should watch where you're
going" she says. WTF! She walks off.

I'm so ****ed off. I have a sore head, sore leg (big bruise) but I'm so
much more ****ed off by her attitude. She was so completely in the
wrong, it could have been so much worse if I hadn't stopped quickly.
And what's worse, my bike computer must have popped off when I fell, and
I haven't been able to find it. Nothing special Cateye, but I've had it
for so many years. I think I was in shock, so I didn't get her details
because I'm not really hurt. Wish I had now. :(

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..dt

[TimC]

On 2006-06-08, dtmeister (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

<snip> damn.

> I'm so ****ed off. I have a sore head, sore leg (big bruise) but I'm so
> much more ****ed off by her attitude. She was so completely in the
> wrong, it could have been so much worse if I hadn't stopped quickly.
> And what's worse, my bike computer must have popped off when I fell, and
> I haven't been able to find it. Nothing special Cateye, but I've had it
> for so many years. I think I was in shock, so I didn't get her details
> because I'm not really hurt. Wish I had now. :(

We need to have crash drills.

That way, when we are in shock, our automatic response, after reaching
for the concealed rifle, is to get their details.

"Maybe you should look where you are going". Fcuking hell!

--
TimC
ALU n. Arthritic Logic Unit, or (rare) Arithmetic Logic Unit. A random
number generator supplied as standard with all computer systems. --unk

[dtmeister]

TimC > wrote:
>
> That way, when we are in shock, our automatic response, after reaching
> for the concealed rifle, is to get their details.
>
> "Maybe you should look where you are going". Fcuking hell!

Just found out the work collegue got the rego details. Question is,
should I report it to the cops, if only to cause her grief for a very
poor attitude? Not sure trying to claim for a bike computer is worth the
hassle. Work collegue saw the whole thing, and suggested I was going a
bit faster than I thought when I hit. Guess I don't recognise cars too
well, it was actually a black Honda Accord.


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..dt

[DeF]

dtmeister wrote:
> TimC > wrote:
>> That way, when we are in shock, our automatic response, after reaching
>> for the concealed rifle, is to get their details.
>>
>> "Maybe you should look where you are going". Fcuking hell!
>
> Just found out the work collegue got the rego details. Question is,
> should I report it to the cops, if only to cause her grief for a very
> poor attitude? Not sure trying to claim for a bike computer is worth the
> hassle. Work collegue saw the whole thing, and suggested I was going a
> bit faster than I thought when I hit. Guess I don't recognise cars too
> well, it was actually a black Honda Accord.
>
>

If you've got a witness, then I reckon push it to
the cops and let them decide (which feel will be
to let it go - to much other stuff on their plate,
I'm sure). Are you sure the only damage is the
computer? Have you checked your frame for front
damage? It doesn't take much of a front bingle to
bend a frame, especially around the head tube.
Look for wrinkles or cracked paint on the underside
of the downtube near the head tube. A bent frame
can still ride OK if the alignment is alright but it
is still weakened.


DeF

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[sinus]

dtmeister Wrote:
> TimC > wrote:
> >
> > That way, when we are in shock, our automatic response, after
> reaching
> > for the concealed rifle, is to get their details.
> >
> > "Maybe you should look where you are going". Fcuking hell!
>
> Just found out the work collegue got the rego details. Question is,
> should I report it to the cops, if only to cause her grief for a very
> poor attitude? Not sure trying to claim for a bike computer is worth
> the
> hassle. Work collegue saw the whole thing, and suggested I was going a
> bit faster than I thought when I hit. Guess I don't recognise cars too
> well, it was actually a black Honda Accord.
>
>
> --
> ..dt
I say report. If you hit your forehead, how's your helmet? Are you sure
you're OK and not going to wake up with a headache tomorrow. If you
report it you've got a better chance of getting any medical costs which
MAY arise covered by no-fault insurance. Hopefully you won't need to.

My tale of caution is a car accident many years ago that put my back
out of alignment. I didn't know at the time and only found out when I
ruptured a disk a few months later in an inocuous event. There was no
traceability back to the car accident because it wasn't reported so I
had to cover all medical expenses (the gap, at least).


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sinus

[dtmeister]

sinus > wrote:
> I say report. If you hit your forehead, how's your helmet? Are you sure

I seem to have managed to get my lower forehead below my helmet, above
my left eye. It's sore and I have a headache now. Don't think it's
anything serious though. No scratches on the helmet.

> you're OK and not going to wake up with a headache tomorrow. If you
> report it you've got a better chance of getting any medical costs which
> MAY arise covered by no-fault insurance. Hopefully you won't need to.

Go point. I'll do it just in case.....Ta.

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..dt

[dtmeister]

DeF <""d.farrow\"@your finger.murdoch.edu.au"> wrote:
>
> If you've got a witness, then I reckon push it to
> the cops and let them decide (which feel will be
> to let it go - to much other stuff on their plate,
> I'm sure). Are you sure the only damage is the
> computer? Have you checked your frame for front
> damage? It doesn't take much of a front bingle to
> bend a frame, especially around the head tube.
> Look for wrinkles or cracked paint on the underside
> of the downtube near the head tube. A bent frame
> can still ride OK if the alignment is alright but it
> is still weakened.

Yeah, you got me worried so I went to the basement and had another look.
It seems okay. It's an all alloy frame, so I don't have CF bits to be
unsure about. I'll take a proper look at home, and just report it to be
safe. I'm going to ask them to call her and explain her resonsibilities
when pulling out into traffic..


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..dt

[Donga]

dtmeister wrote:
> DeF <""d.farrow\"@your finger.murdoch.edu.au"> wrote:
Have you checked your frame for front
> > damage? It doesn't take much of a front bingle to
> > bend a frame, especially around the head tube.

> Yeah, you got me worried so I went to the basement and had another look.
> It seems okay.
> I'll take a proper look at home,

I'm sure you could find a bike shop that would advise you it is
damaged, unsafe to ride and you require a new bike. Your friend did say
you were going quite fast, after all. Get even - claim a new bike. As
my solicitor says, "The dollar poultice solves all ills".

donga

[ray]

dtmeister wrote:
> Was heading into work after a fun ride around the river with three
> friends. Around 8:00am I was on Hay St in West Perth (turned left
> into Hay St from Colin). Stuck in the middle of the right hand lane
> due to cars parked on the right hand side of this one way street.
> Blinking white light at the front, still on even though the sun was
> well up.
>
> Black Conformadore looking car in the parallel parking starts to pull
> left into my lane. Slow down, but then car stops. Must have seen me.
> Nope! Pulls into my lane, emergency stop and I still hit the back
> bumper at around 5km/h. Hit lower forehead on boot lid (I think) and
> fall left into traffic. Luckily work colleague happened to be on the
> scene and helped me up. Inspect damage, sore leg just below knee, but no
> bark lost. Conformadore driver comes up, "Are you okay?". "Yes I am, but
> you should be careful you don't kill someone." "I thought you were
> pulling in to park." "No, I was in the middle of the road, you need to
> watch before you pull out." "Well maybe you should watch where you're
> going" she says. WTF! She walks off.
>
> I'm so ****ed off. I have a sore head, sore leg (big bruise) but I'm so
> much more ****ed off by her attitude. She was so completely in the
> wrong, it could have been so much worse if I hadn't stopped quickly.
> And what's worse, my bike computer must have popped off when I fell, and
> I haven't been able to find it. Nothing special Cateye, but I've had it
> for so many years. I think I was in shock, so I didn't get her details
> because I'm not really hurt. Wish I had now. :(
>
Unfortunately, this appears fairly typical of the attitude problem some
road users seem to have. This is also why politicians build us bike
paths, they are in fact saying `Get off the road ya mug'.
I've encountered exactly the same degree of stupidity and
bloody-mindedness myself, so I sympathise, but we have to fight it
somehow. I've yet to find the right balance between submission and
aggression myself, but I feel it has to be there somewhere.
But stay on the road, if any of us simply give in to this kind of
idiocy, we're all lost.
Regards,
Ray

[dave]

dtmeister wrote:
> TimC > wrote:
>
>>That way, when we are in shock, our automatic response, after reaching
>>for the concealed rifle, is to get their details.
>>
>>"Maybe you should look where you are going". Fcuking hell!
>
>
> Just found out the work collegue got the rego details. Question is,
> should I report it to the cops, if only to cause her grief for a very
> poor attitude? Not sure trying to claim for a bike computer is worth the
> hassle. Work collegue saw the whole thing, and suggested I was going a
> bit faster than I thought when I hit. Guess I don't recognise cars too
> well, it was actually a black Honda Accord.
>
>
The answer to this is.

Your neck hurts. Go get it checked out. You can feel it. It hurts
So now you have an injury accident. It HAS to be reported to the cops
and they HAVE to take some action

Easy :)
Oh and send her the Drs Bill And the bill for the damaged bike computer.

ANd if she kicks up drag her into court

Dave

[dtmeister]

dave > wrote:
> The answer to this is.
>
> Your neck hurts. Go get it checked out. You can feel it. It hurts
> So now you have an injury accident. It HAS to be reported to the cops
> and they HAVE to take some action
>
> Easy :)

I found my computer! Or more correctly, my workmate found it in his
bag. After the SMIDSY (except without the sorry bit) I went to the
basement to shower - workmate was already in the shower and in my
semi shocked state it would seem I had taken the bike computer off
my bike, and for some bizzare reason placed it in his open backpack
on the bench. V. happy to have it back!

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..dt

[MikeyOz]

dtmeister Wrote:
> I went to the
> basement to shower - workmate was already in the shower and in my
> semi shocked state

Is this some sort of strange therapy for getting over an accident that
we don't know about ??

Sorry was it you that was in the semi shocked state or your mate when
you were in the shower together ? :)

glad to hear you are okay by the way.


--
MikeyOz

[dtmeister]

MikeyOz > wrote:
> Is this some sort of strange therapy for getting over an accident that
> we don't know about ??
>
> Sorry was it you that was in the semi shocked state or your mate when
> you were in the shower together ? :)

Heh. :) Shower cubicles with a bench that's _outside_ shower.

> glad to hear you are okay by the way.

Ta. Much happier that I'll be reunited with my vintage cateye tomorrow.
Thought it was silicon roadkill for a while.

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..dt

[persia]

ray wrote:

<snip>

This is also why politicians build us bike paths, they are in fact
saying `Get off the road ya mug'.

</snip>

What evidence do you have to back this assertion, Ray?

Persia

[Beavers]

"dtmeister" > wrote in message
...
> TimC > wrote:
>>
>> That way, when we are in shock, our automatic response, after reaching
>> for the concealed rifle, is to get their details.
>>
>> "Maybe you should look where you are going". Fcuking hell!
>
> Just found out the work collegue got the rego details. Question is,
> should I report it to the cops, if only to cause her grief for a very
> poor attitude? Not sure trying to claim for a bike computer is worth the
> hassle. Work collegue saw the whole thing, and suggested I was going a
> bit faster than I thought when I hit. Guess I don't recognise cars too
> well, it was actually a black Honda Accord.

Is it just me, or do Hondas seem to contain a higher proportion of idiot
drivers than most other cars? My brother used to have a sticker on his motor
bike saying "Volvo Driver Aware", but whether I'm in the car or on the bike,
it seems to be Hondas that I have to watch out for, not Volvos.

Cheers
Beavers

[MikeyOz]

Beavers Wrote:
>
> Is it just me, or do Hondas seem to contain a higher proportion of
> idiot
> drivers than most other cars? but whether I'm in the car or on the
> bike,
> it seems to be Hondas that I have to watch out for, not Volvos.
>

Where is Butthead ?? :p

Must be just black Accord drivers, because I could not imagine anybody
driving a Black Honda Civic being an idiot driver like that, which
reminds me I better go and wash mine.

I can't remember the last week I actually drove more KM's in a week
than I rode my bike.


--
MikeyOz

[Theo Bekkers]

"persia" wrote
> ray wrote:

> > This is also why politicians build us bike paths, they are in fact
> > saying `Get off the road ya mug'.

> What evidence do you have to back this assertion, Ray?

The existance of bike paths.

Theo

[dave]

persia wrote:
> ray wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> This is also why politicians build us bike paths, they are in fact
> saying `Get off the road ya mug'.
>
> </snip>
>
> What evidence do you have to back this assertion, Ray?
>
> Persia
>
Huh?

The fact most bike paths are actually promoted as getting cyclists of
the roads and making both safer in the funding documents and the like.

In fact of course they do neither and in the main are not useful for
actually going anywhere. THe odd exeption exists

Dave