Ok, so yesterday I went out on a 75k training ride. On my way home everything is great and I have a tailwind to make things that mmuch better. I'm crossing through a town called pointe-claire along the lakeshore in montreal, when I come to an intersection. I check to see that the intersection was clear, It looked safe to pass through so I continued on, when a car slowly creeps past his stop sign. This intersection had 4 stop signs. Its as if he didnt even make a stop and just slowly pushed on. As he creeps out of his corner he doesnt look both ways at all and i shout "HEY!" and he looks right at me. He made no effort to move his car back or forward and just kept moving at 2km/hr (slight exaggeration) At this point i slam my brakes but its not enough. I hit the back end of his car and bailed. It happened so fast I didn't know what to think. I immidiately got up and walked to the corner as this was in the middle of the road. My chin bleeding all over and my front wheel damaged. Aside from that my 2 index fingers bruised to the bone. The driver drove away. Hit and run just like that. The rim on my ksyrium SL totally ruined. No other bike damage.
I called the police to file a hit and run police report, and they called me back 40 minutes later saying there was too much activity at the moment and they couldn't send a police cruiser. My dad came and got me, brought me to the police station where I filed a report there. I found out that the driver went to another police station and filed a report also.

I have 6 stitches in my chin, 2 bruised to the bone index fingers, and my life in the palm of my hands. I was lucky to get away with what I did, and I know now that I have to be just that much more careful.

Ted

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