This is an email I just recieved from my buddy Damian. I posted pics in "other bikes" a day or two ago of his orange Western Flyer. He has a Pennyfarther also (new one).
Anyway, this story made me think about being careful just as my riding has become a little more reckless lately. Watch yourselves out there. Don't want to hear about anybody getting creamed.
A local homeless dude in KC was killed last month on his trike, riding it at night, a car ran right into him and killed him.
Copied from Damian:
I was driving in bumper to bumper traffic on North Oak last night, going to get groceries, and saw a guy on a bicycle get hit by a truck.
it was really f***ed up. I'd seen the guy when I was pulling out of our street onto North Oak, and I thought, 'right on bike-rider. good for you'.
looked like a business man who had gotten off of work. fit, skinny, older guy, had a helmet on, had a briefcase and a backpack on his back.
i was sitting in traffic, just down the street a ways, traffic wasn't moving going north. a truck going south turned left into a parking lot, creamed the guy on the bike.
I saw it happen, saw the guy fly off. I had my window down, heard the horrible screeeeeech and crunch.
since the traffic wasn't moving, I just sat there in shock as the truck driver leaped out of the truck, ran over to the guy, luckily several people got out of their cars, calling on their cellphones.
looked like the guy was OK. he was sitting up, his face was all bloody, arms all bloody, but he was alive. he was sitting up, so at least his neck/back/ limbs weren't broken.
i really applaud the truck driver, it wasn't his fault...he couldn't see the biker, but that guy leaped out of his truck, left it in front of the line of traffic going north. some people started honking and trying to pull around him, and I wanted to get out and beat them with a bat....a guy got hit by a f***ing truck, you can sit in your car for a few more seconds while they make sure he isn't dead.
Anyway, this story made me think about being careful just as my riding has become a little more reckless lately. Watch yourselves out there. Don't want to hear about anybody getting creamed.
A local homeless dude in KC was killed last month on his trike, riding it at night, a car ran right into him and killed him.
Copied from Damian:
I was driving in bumper to bumper traffic on North Oak last night, going to get groceries, and saw a guy on a bicycle get hit by a truck.
it was really f***ed up. I'd seen the guy when I was pulling out of our street onto North Oak, and I thought, 'right on bike-rider. good for you'.
looked like a business man who had gotten off of work. fit, skinny, older guy, had a helmet on, had a briefcase and a backpack on his back.
i was sitting in traffic, just down the street a ways, traffic wasn't moving going north. a truck going south turned left into a parking lot, creamed the guy on the bike.
I saw it happen, saw the guy fly off. I had my window down, heard the horrible screeeeeech and crunch.
since the traffic wasn't moving, I just sat there in shock as the truck driver leaped out of the truck, ran over to the guy, luckily several people got out of their cars, calling on their cellphones.
looked like the guy was OK. he was sitting up, his face was all bloody, arms all bloody, but he was alive. he was sitting up, so at least his neck/back/ limbs weren't broken.
i really applaud the truck driver, it wasn't his fault...he couldn't see the biker, but that guy leaped out of his truck, left it in front of the line of traffic going north. some people started honking and trying to pull around him, and I wanted to get out and beat them with a bat....a guy got hit by a f***ing truck, you can sit in your car for a few more seconds while they make sure he isn't dead.
