BoyElroy
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Just wondering what sort of accidents my fellow hi-fi'ers have been in. Circumstances, blame, results, advice?
My personal worst was on my motorcycle a few years back. I'd just rebuilt my fork suspension and some fluid had leaked onto my front disc brake. As luck would have it, later that night, a car in front of me stopped suddenly and I slammed into it going about 20 mph. It was on 2nd ave (very busy avenue/near 12th st.) and I went flying over the entire length of the car. I landed on my head and luckily for my noggin, my helmet saved the softer parts from too much harm. I was extremely lucky in that the point of impact was slightly off center. Two more inches to the left and I would have landed directly on the center of my head and the damage to my spine would have been something horrific. Two fire engines, an ambulance and four patrol cars showed up and they shut down 2nd avenue for a good 20 minutes while the paramedics put me in traction and took me away.
There was a couple in the car with a baby and the woman was crying hysterically. I asked her if the baby was okay and why was she crying. Her husband looked at me funny and said it was because she saw me flying past her in her rear view mirror and then land in front of her. He said that he didn't even feel my motorcycle hit their car.
The funny thing about all this was that I had to go into the emergency room recently at Beth Israel Hospital for food poisoning and the X-Ray tech remembered me from the incident four years ago. He said that he'd never forget me 'cos of all the cops that escorted me into the emergency room that night. Apparently, they liked my vintage BMW bike and wanted to make sure I was okay. Very weird experience.
It certainly changed my riding habits, though.
Any other stories out there?
My personal worst was on my motorcycle a few years back. I'd just rebuilt my fork suspension and some fluid had leaked onto my front disc brake. As luck would have it, later that night, a car in front of me stopped suddenly and I slammed into it going about 20 mph. It was on 2nd ave (very busy avenue/near 12th st.) and I went flying over the entire length of the car. I landed on my head and luckily for my noggin, my helmet saved the softer parts from too much harm. I was extremely lucky in that the point of impact was slightly off center. Two more inches to the left and I would have landed directly on the center of my head and the damage to my spine would have been something horrific. Two fire engines, an ambulance and four patrol cars showed up and they shut down 2nd avenue for a good 20 minutes while the paramedics put me in traction and took me away.
There was a couple in the car with a baby and the woman was crying hysterically. I asked her if the baby was okay and why was she crying. Her husband looked at me funny and said it was because she saw me flying past her in her rear view mirror and then land in front of her. He said that he didn't even feel my motorcycle hit their car.
The funny thing about all this was that I had to go into the emergency room recently at Beth Israel Hospital for food poisoning and the X-Ray tech remembered me from the incident four years ago. He said that he'd never forget me 'cos of all the cops that escorted me into the emergency room that night. Apparently, they liked my vintage BMW bike and wanted to make sure I was okay. Very weird experience.
It certainly changed my riding habits, though.
Any other stories out there?