first accident with a car
I suppose it was inevitable that I would eventually get into an accident once I started riding around the city but it's still slightly upsetting that this would happen within a month. All those years riding in Beijing during the summer and not a single accident!
I got off with a swollen left knee and bruised right shoulder, neck, and lower back. Besides the fact that I've lost the ability to climb stairs, walk properly, and fully turn my head, I think overall I was quite lucky. No external bleeding =D
In retrospect, it probably looked quite hilarious. There's actually a perfect depiction of it in Slam Dunk but that's unfortunately not with me. Anywho, just imagine bike hitting car and person being flung forward, then getting back on and ridding off with wobbly front wheel. I obviously couldn't have seen it in action but I did get over the car somehow and land in front and away from my bike so it seems like the right scenario. And my front wheel is now definitely crooked. The driver got out and was extremely flustered so it must've looked quite bad on his end. He looked about 50 or 60 and ready for a panic attack. Felt bad for him so I just told him not to worry about it and road off. It wasn't until I got to the COM building and was trying to get to my class that I realized wow, I'm in a lot of pain...
I'm still trying to figure out how I managed to hurt my left leg and right shoulder. Seems kind of odd. Didn't really have time to think about it at the time since I landed in the middle of the street and got up really fast; getting squashed by a car would have probably made it a bit more serious...
I got off with a swollen left knee and bruised right shoulder, neck, and lower back. Besides the fact that I've lost the ability to climb stairs, walk properly, and fully turn my head, I think overall I was quite lucky. No external bleeding =D
In retrospect, it probably looked quite hilarious. There's actually a perfect depiction of it in Slam Dunk but that's unfortunately not with me. Anywho, just imagine bike hitting car and person being flung forward, then getting back on and ridding off with wobbly front wheel. I obviously couldn't have seen it in action but I did get over the car somehow and land in front and away from my bike so it seems like the right scenario. And my front wheel is now definitely crooked. The driver got out and was extremely flustered so it must've looked quite bad on his end. He looked about 50 or 60 and ready for a panic attack. Felt bad for him so I just told him not to worry about it and road off. It wasn't until I got to the COM building and was trying to get to my class that I realized wow, I'm in a lot of pain...
I'm still trying to figure out how I managed to hurt my left leg and right shoulder. Seems kind of odd. Didn't really have time to think about it at the time since I landed in the middle of the street and got up really fast; getting squashed by a car would have probably made it a bit more serious...