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Wonder Why

(6,716 posts)
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:44 PM 13 hrs ago

They say that riding a bicycle is good for your health. LIARS!

Coming back from a local rails to trails and turning left from the main highway to road only 800 feet from home. In the turning lane and using my directional signal. As the opposite traffic finally cleared, I started turning then realized that the car stopped at the stop sign decided to go. I screamed at him to stop but he didn't and rammed into my left leg.
Apparently, he had just come from opthomologist and had his eyes dilated. Worse, as soon as he started moving, I saw he was looking left and not where he was going.
From the ground, I yelled at him to call 911 repeatedly and said I was badly hurt. He couldn't even do that so I grabbed my phone and called, begging them to get me an ambulance. Luckily the local Rescue Squad was close by with full equipment including IV.
No broken bones but I'm in severe pain, bike broken as is phone.
Interestingly, I have a dashboard camera on my bike and it recorded until the bike hit the ground and the battery pack went flying. Great video caught everything.

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They say that riding a bicycle is good for your health. LIARS! (Original Post) Wonder Why 13 hrs ago OP
Healing vibes on the way to you! SheltieLover 13 hrs ago #1
I Admire Your Composure! And Maybe Even a Wee Bit of Sense of Humor in There, Too. The Roux Comes First 13 hrs ago #2
Wishing a speedy recovery and a good law suit for you. sinkingfeeling 13 hrs ago #3
Get well soon malaise 13 hrs ago #4
Don't give up biking, it is good for you. I stay on sidewalks and the beach as much as possible. surfered 13 hrs ago #5
I used to run but now walk malaise 13 hrs ago #6
At my age, if you see me running, please kill whatever is chasing me. surfered 12 hrs ago #7
Bwaaaaah malaise 12 hrs ago #8
🙏 surfered 12 hrs ago #9
I call it slogging. Slow jogging. I do see others pass me while they are "walking". multigraincracker 12 hrs ago #10
Gotta keep moving. surfered 10 hrs ago #19
Don't run, they think runners make good food. Chemical Bill 11 hrs ago #17
Please pay attention to the pedestrians on the sidewalks dflprincess 11 hrs ago #14
Most sidewalks around this town don't have pedestrians. Golf carts are the rage. surfered 10 hrs ago #20
Even the license plate? Figarosmom 12 hrs ago #11
My dashboard camera also has a rear camera under the basket on the back so it records both simultaneously. Wonder Why 11 hrs ago #15
I bought my daughter one for xmas last year. Nt Figarosmom 11 hrs ago #16
Ouch!! Hope you mend quickly!! FemDemERA 12 hrs ago #12
People with dilated eyes shouldn't be driving swong19104 11 hrs ago #13
I am glad nothing was broken and hope you heal soon. LoisB 10 hrs ago #18
Hope you are back in the saddle soon! MLAA 10 hrs ago #21
Bummer ProfessorGAC 8 min ago #22

SheltieLover

(78,927 posts)
1. Healing vibes on the way to you!
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:48 PM
13 hrs ago

So sorry you were injured, but glad you're ok!

Fucking idiot driver!

Take good care of yourself.

The Roux Comes First

(2,251 posts)
2. I Admire Your Composure! And Maybe Even a Wee Bit of Sense of Humor in There, Too.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:52 PM
13 hrs ago

I had a couple experiences in the same category a few decades back, when bike-riding was still in my "wheel-house." The most memorable was a car backing out into traffic and across the sidewalk I was traversing. No consideration at all dedicated to the sidewalk! It bought me a new bike, but also an extended session of rehab.

Like they say, "guns don't kill people|"

surfered

(12,600 posts)
5. Don't give up biking, it is good for you. I stay on sidewalks and the beach as much as possible.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:21 PM
13 hrs ago

Hoping for a full and speedy recovery!🙏

malaise

(294,710 posts)
6. I used to run but now walk
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:25 PM
13 hrs ago

I ride the stationary bike at home. Gave up riding on the road decades ago.

multigraincracker

(37,268 posts)
10. I call it slogging. Slow jogging. I do see others pass me while they are "walking".
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 09:17 PM
12 hrs ago

But I'm religious about it. Every day, weather permitting.

Chemical Bill

(3,142 posts)
17. Don't run, they think runners make good food.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 10:04 PM
11 hrs ago

Stay where you are and sing something.
(There are lots of YouTube videos of wild animals enjoying people singing, so it must be true)

dflprincess

(29,271 posts)
14. Please pay attention to the pedestrians on the sidewalks
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 09:44 PM
11 hrs ago

When out for walks I've have nearly as many near misses from adult cyclists not paying attention as I have from cars when I'm crossing a street.

Figarosmom

(10,958 posts)
11. Even the license plate?
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 09:22 PM
12 hrs ago

Sorry you were hurt. These days the roads are so crowded and not as safe. If I can't get somewhere on just side streets I don't ride my bike. I've had enough of grown assen leaning iut their car windows trying to grab my ass or not recognizing the bike lane and bfollowing way to close especially on hills.

Wonder Why

(6,716 posts)
15. My dashboard camera also has a rear camera under the basket on the back so it records both simultaneously.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 09:48 PM
11 hrs ago

First thing I bought after buying the bike last year.

Both our cars have dashboard cameras.

When we rent a car, I take the packed camera out of the luggage and mount it in the rental before leaving the lot.

People that don't have one are very foolish IMHO.

swong19104

(601 posts)
13. People with dilated eyes shouldn't be driving
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 09:40 PM
11 hrs ago

Maybe wait the hour or so for the dilation to wear off.

ProfessorGAC

(76,309 posts)
22. Bummer
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 09:25 AM
8 min ago

Glad you weren't hurt worse.
Engineer where I worked retired. Was an avid bike rider, so I'm retirement he rode everywhere..2 months into retirement a guy opened his car door as he was going around the parked car.
Went over the door, landed head first and died from head & neck trauma.
Only 2 weeks of retirement!
Made me buy a helmet for bike riding.

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