When It Happens To You
Wulp , it happened. I got hit by a car while biking. And it wasn't a tag (I've had two mirror tags :-) But this was a full blown hit from someone that was not looking and never slowed down. I feel like I should be at a Bikers Car Accident Anonymous meeting when I say it: "I got hit by a car while biking". Its not easy to say. Should I be ashamed? After all, one of the biggest pet peeves of many drivers is sharing the road with cyclists. We are rather crazy to think that the relationship of bikes and cars on the same road can be "friendly". I mean, cyclists are working to obtain the lightest and most aerodynamic of rides and motorists, especially in our area, are acquiring the fastest or biggest and baddest of rides. Even with all precautions taken should we, as cyclists, really trust the "larger" of our road-sharers to be aware, pay attention and control their thousands of pounds of forces with those that we cyclists would prefer to weigh in grams?