I had a Tesla try and take a left turn into me, honking the whole time, as I was headed straight (I had a green + crosswalk sign on) through an intersection. I was inconveniencing them with my existence.
I had much the same from a van driver trying to take me out on left through a segregated bike path (thankfully no crash). “I had a green light” he angrily said to me. “Yeah so did I” I said.
I also almost daily have someone trying to turn right through the curbside bike lane and many of them truly don’t think they have any responsibility to yield.
was stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of 10th and Pine. 10th has more traffic than Pine so Pine has stop signs but 10th doesn’t.
anyway, i was stopped with two feet in the ground. looked right down tenth, saw a car coming. looked left and saw it was clear from that direction and thought when the car passes, I’ll cross.
When i looked back right, i saw the grill of the car with about five feet before impact.
the car turned onto the wrong side of the road where i saw standing
For me, it’d probably be the lady in a van backing her van into traffic without looking, then yelling at me to watch where I’m going when she finally noticed she’s about to back into me.
I credit having lights running on my bike (even though it was daytime) for preventing me from getting hit by this idiot.
Had been cycling to uni next to the canal. Was about to overtake some lady. Lady decided to strafe to the right. My left had and/or handlebar hit her elbow. The next thing I remember is sky, the one after that - feeling cold. I was fine in the end. Phone died, laptop was incapacitated, but lives on till this day (shoutout to dell!). I had a broozed knee, although I can’t recall hitting the gravel. Must’ve bounced off it into the canal. The bike, luckily, stayed ashore. Needless to say I was late for lectures that early september morning.
Damn, that sounds like a concussion. I hope you were able to get checked out by a doctor!
I’ve not hit my head at all, helmet was not even scratched. I think it’s just brain blanking out high stress moments.
You can get a concussion without damaging your helmet.
I got a concussion in a car accident when some kids hit me: I was scratched up and bruised, but no injuries to my head - still had a concussion though.
Concussions come from your brain hitting the inside of the skull: Any change in movement of sufficient force might cause one.
