Thom wrote:
Murphy'sLaw wrote:
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I know that's how I'm going to buy it one day, will be by getting hit by some dumbass driver.
That seems a little dramatic from both you and Phil. Phil even states he's never been hit and he's been riding all over the world for 20+ years. The fact is most of us are going to die from something other than being hit by a car. There are dangers but this isn't wingsuit flying of free soloing.
I *have* been hit by a car.
Was in HS, I was only like 15, riding up thru our quiet little village, past the local FD.
Some Volly fireman backed out of a parking spot, never looked at all, and right into me - pushing me backwards for about 10 feet, until my shouting and banging on his trunk awoke him to the fact that I was back there, about to slide under the rear of his car and get squished.
He yelled at me for "getting in the way, and not looking where I was going".
Then, since the F wheel was totally destroyed, he grudgingly gave me a ride home, berating me the whole way for "causing the accident, and not being careful where I was riding".
I also got hit once while riding a moped, but since that's a motorized bicycle, that probably doesn't 'count' for this discussion.
I still ride on the roads, but a lot less miles/time than I used to.
In large part due to not wanting to deal with dumbass drivers.
If I'm gonna die on a bike, I'd prefer it to be a result of my own dumbassery, and not theirs.
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