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Not I, but with the riding season comming up for majority, THIS particular incident will ALWAYS come to my mind when in this parking situation!
This happened yesterday to a ST rider in Frisco, Texas. It is absolutely unbelievable!
Of all the ways I've heard of accidents, never would I have imagined I would go down like this.
Picture an old town's square where the parking spaces are angled toward the store fronts on the street. I was parked in one of those and had just put my helmet on. I was just about to rock it off of the center stand when a vehicle (don't know what kind, black is all I know) came flying in and hit me from the back right quarter. It spun my bike clockwise and spun me counter clockwise. I was thrown into the front of his car and his bumper drove me into the SUV in the space to the left of me. It pinned me between the two cars with the weight of his car on my head and chest. I couldn't breathe until he pull back off and I fell face first to the ground.
I laid there face down trying to take stock of the damages on my body. Careful not to move in case of spinal injury. I was in intense pain and thought my right femur was surely broken and possibly my pelvis. My ears, nose, and lip were bleeding as well as an 8" gash on my left cheek. I can say that if I had not had my helmet on, I would be dead. My helmet was crushed. I assume the face shield is what cut my face.
When they rolled me over the blood started running into my eyes so I never did see what hit me or my bike. I caught a quick glimpse of the SUV and its side was caved in.
I was released late last night from the hospital where I walked out. My leg and hip are severely bruised but I'm intact with no internal injuries. I was ATTGAT and don't have a mark anywhere on my body excluding my face and head. My helmet is toast but saved my life.
Now, recovering the bike and the insurance fun......
A later post stated that preliminary reports said the vehicle ajacent his bike, the direction cage was coming from, had just left that space moments prior. So visibility should'nt have been an issue. Thinkin' maybe a cage driver may be in serious do-do....
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This happened yesterday to a ST rider in Frisco, Texas. It is absolutely unbelievable!
Of all the ways I've heard of accidents, never would I have imagined I would go down like this.
Picture an old town's square where the parking spaces are angled toward the store fronts on the street. I was parked in one of those and had just put my helmet on. I was just about to rock it off of the center stand when a vehicle (don't know what kind, black is all I know) came flying in and hit me from the back right quarter. It spun my bike clockwise and spun me counter clockwise. I was thrown into the front of his car and his bumper drove me into the SUV in the space to the left of me. It pinned me between the two cars with the weight of his car on my head and chest. I couldn't breathe until he pull back off and I fell face first to the ground.
I laid there face down trying to take stock of the damages on my body. Careful not to move in case of spinal injury. I was in intense pain and thought my right femur was surely broken and possibly my pelvis. My ears, nose, and lip were bleeding as well as an 8" gash on my left cheek. I can say that if I had not had my helmet on, I would be dead. My helmet was crushed. I assume the face shield is what cut my face.
When they rolled me over the blood started running into my eyes so I never did see what hit me or my bike. I caught a quick glimpse of the SUV and its side was caved in.
I was released late last night from the hospital where I walked out. My leg and hip are severely bruised but I'm intact with no internal injuries. I was ATTGAT and don't have a mark anywhere on my body excluding my face and head. My helmet is toast but saved my life.
Now, recovering the bike and the insurance fun......
A later post stated that preliminary reports said the vehicle ajacent his bike, the direction cage was coming from, had just left that space moments prior. So visibility should'nt have been an issue. Thinkin' maybe a cage driver may be in serious do-do....
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IMHO the 2 most dangerous places for a motorccycle are parking lots and being stopped at traffic light controlled intersections...
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