So this is how my ride home from work went....

**JohnnyV** · 06-13-07, 07:30 PM

63 year old man in a Toyota Camry decided to not come to a full stop on a side street, and took the left turn in front of me. I was going fairly slow, but the side street he was coming out of was on my right side, as I was coming out of a uphill right hand turn, so I only saw him as he rolled through where he should have stopped and directly in front of me. I hit the brakes and swerved right to duck behind him onto the street he had just pulled out of, but like a deer in headlights, as he saw me coming at him he got on his brakes, sending me sideways into driver's door, pinning my left leg inbetween my bike and the car. Just got out of the ER, no broken bones but a badly bruised leg, fairly sprained ankle, and a bruised nerve, giving me this nasty pins and needles feeling from my knee to my toes. Here are a couple quick pics I grabbed with the camera phone.

**TimTim** · 06-13-07, 07:36 PM

damn man, heal up quickly.

**smf** · 06-13-07, 07:37 PM

shit. sorry to hear. at least you're (mostly) ok

did the old guy get anything?

**OreoGaborio** · 06-13-07, 07:38 PM

awww SHIT dude, sorry to hear that. Hope everything works out alright. Keep us updated.

**mycirus** · 06-13-07, 07:39 PM

Glad you are okay. Heal up quickly.

Bruce

**Wishbone** · 06-13-07, 07:41 PM

hope your ok, hope even more they don't charge you with some bs because he is 63

**JohnnyV** · 06-13-07, 07:48 PM

Both officers who responded stated that he was clearly at fault, and issued him a written warning for failing to come to a complete stop. Kinda pissed that he only got a warning.

And thanks everyone for the support.

**TheIglu** · 06-13-07, 08:41 PM

Looks like you faired pretty well, same with your bike. Hopefully your knee will get better with the nerves, those things aren't easily fixable.

Coulda been a lot worse!

**Ryno** · 06-13-07, 08:47 PM

Damn man, sorry to hear it.

**TLRMan** · 06-13-07, 08:52 PM

Johnny!
We can rebuild it....and you! (look at Gitorio)
Go figure, I just roll my sled out, and you go break yours....Heal up quick, we got a little riding to catch up on.

**elwood206** · 06-13-07, 09:08 PM

aww that sucks man, good to hear that youre allright. how bad is the bike?

**bmrider** · 06-13-07, 09:19 PM

That sucks man...

Glad to hear your Ok, and that it wasn't worse...

**Honclfibr** · 06-13-07, 09:26 PM

Glad to hear you're ok, stuff like that happens all too often on the street.

Were you covering your front brake at the time? The .5 seconds it takes to go from fingers around the throttle to squeezing your front brake can mean the difference between life and death. Not saying that you should have to be covering your front brake at all times in an ideal world, but as I'm sure you'd agree accidents on the street don't determine who's right, only who's left.

**beet** · 06-13-07, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by 02Telefonica

Both officers who responded stated that he was clearly at fault, and issued him a written warning for failing to come to a complete stop. Kinda pissed that he only got a warning.

And thanks everyone for the support.

still his fault take care of your self.

Originally Posted by TheIglu

Looks like you faired pretty well, same with your bike. Hopefully your knee will get better with the nerves, those things aren't easily fixable.

Coulda been a lot worse!

take care of your knee do what the dr says

Originally Posted by Honclfibr

Glad to hear you're ok, stuff like that happens all too often on the street.

Were you covering your front brake at the time? The .5 seconds it takes to go from fingers around the throttle to squeezing your front brake can mean the difference between life and death. Not saying that you should have to be covering your front brake at all times in an ideal world, but as I'm sure you'd agree accidents on the street don't determine who's right, only who's left.

I cover my brake always unless on the slab. Sometimes you can't avoid shit.

**duey** · 06-13-07, 09:56 PM

damn that sucks. She was looking good too the other night @ MC night.

hope ya heal up soon.

**Punjistick** · 06-13-07, 09:58 PM

That could have been a lot worse. At least you are still alive and in one piece. Heal up quick.

**KillBill** · 06-14-07, 05:51 AM

Aw man, than sucks. Good to hear you have no broken bones. Hopefully you can get the Tiller up and running soon.

And wait, the old guy only got a warning

**JohnnyV** · 06-14-07, 06:29 AM

Yep.... welcome to Westboro Bill.

**KillBill** · 06-14-07, 07:27 AM

What street was it at? You should go after tha old man for his social security checks. haha

**JohnnyV** · 06-14-07, 08:02 AM

It was right next to the resevoir basically. And as long as my hospital bills and my bike get paid for I really don't know if I wanna deal with the bullshit of going to court for more money.

**SSearchVT** · 06-14-07, 08:17 AM

That sucks - glad to hear no one was hurt seriously. It could have been a lot worse.

The written warning is a good thing - it adds to the paper trail proving who was at fault - and who's insurance needs to pay for the medical bills and bike repairs.

**stevecbr900rr** · 06-14-07, 09:43 AM

Guess we won't be seeing ya next Tues...Hope everything works out ok. See ya soon Bud.

**JohnnyV** · 06-14-07, 09:49 AM

Yea I don't know what the outcome of this is going to be, I just did a rough estimate on bikebandit with parts alone and I'm already over $2k

**stevecbr900rr** · 06-14-07, 09:51 AM

Hell...it doesn't take much to empty the wallet when it comes to bike repair.

If ya need a hand putting her back together give me a shout.

**Crash Dummy Denno** · 06-14-07, 10:28 AM

glad to hear you're not in too bad of shape! get well...

So this is how my ride home from work went....

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