Dogdaze
Well-Known Member
Okay, title a little dramatic but there you go.
Just want to share a tale as to remind us to watch out as the weather gets better.
So last week , my younger brother who lives in the UK took his bike out in the afternoon to visit a client, whilst riding in the bus lane (bikers are allowed to share this with cyclists and of course buses) a car in the right lane decided she wanted to make a left turn at that precise moment as she was traveling parallel to him at the same speed, 40mph, and a car length ahead.
In doing so she took him out. Police also suspect she may have had white earbuds in at the time (I know so people on here like to listen to music while riding, but why on earth do you need earbuds/phones when sitting in a car???
So far he is still in a coma, suffering from a lower back crushed vertebrae (they think they fixed that one) four more cracked upper back vertebrae, all of his right ribs broken, both lungs punctured, a broken knee that they cannot operate on as he now has a lung infection, broken collar bone and shoulder blade, that will also have to wait until the infection has cleared up. Oh, and they removed his spleen due to massive trauma to his mid-section.
He had helmet, gloves, armoured leather jacket and boots on, not sure if wearing riding pants with armour would have saved his knee or not, clearly jeans didn't.
I'm not sure why I'm sharing, whether the need to remind us that we need ATGATT or just venting from somebody's stupidity. Car drivers hardly ever feel the damage they cause other than a little premium jump.
Just want to share a tale as to remind us to watch out as the weather gets better.
So last week , my younger brother who lives in the UK took his bike out in the afternoon to visit a client, whilst riding in the bus lane (bikers are allowed to share this with cyclists and of course buses) a car in the right lane decided she wanted to make a left turn at that precise moment as she was traveling parallel to him at the same speed, 40mph, and a car length ahead.
In doing so she took him out. Police also suspect she may have had white earbuds in at the time (I know so people on here like to listen to music while riding, but why on earth do you need earbuds/phones when sitting in a car???
So far he is still in a coma, suffering from a lower back crushed vertebrae (they think they fixed that one) four more cracked upper back vertebrae, all of his right ribs broken, both lungs punctured, a broken knee that they cannot operate on as he now has a lung infection, broken collar bone and shoulder blade, that will also have to wait until the infection has cleared up. Oh, and they removed his spleen due to massive trauma to his mid-section.
He had helmet, gloves, armoured leather jacket and boots on, not sure if wearing riding pants with armour would have saved his knee or not, clearly jeans didn't.
I'm not sure why I'm sharing, whether the need to remind us that we need ATGATT or just venting from somebody's stupidity. Car drivers hardly ever feel the damage they cause other than a little premium jump.