just got back from A&E

I was riding home from work tonight (on Lyttleton st, in Chch) in busy traffic, going at a fair lick in the tailwind, and bam, a woman coming the other way decides to swing right through a gap in the traffic and into her driveway.
what she didn't see or misjudged was me in the cycle lane, there was no time to react and I went straight into the side of her car, bounced over the car and hit the deck hard.

amazingly no broken bones this time, some pretty deep gauges on my LHS, especially left hand which tore a vein and started pissing blood like no ones business. bike is bent up pretty bad (luckily the old commuter). ambulance and police came fairly quickly, she didn't do a runner this time (she was turning into her driveway lol) so the insurance should be more straightforward.

off to A&E and a whole bunch of stitches. pretty sore now but it could have been worse. starting to think this commuting is bad for my health

not nice

which direction/approx place on lyttleton street?

guts

bad luck - hope you heal well and fast.
If you need to borrow a bike PM me

but dont waorry
according to someone or other, cycling is quite safe. you'll only get killed once in a life of commuting . . ..

Biking past stopped traffic is the single most fun time to be on the bike, unfortunately it is also the most dangerous. Get well soon, and hopefully everyone who see's this can learn a lesson.

All the best.

Sorry to hear that mfw Sounds nasty, but like you say you're lucky it wasn't quite a bit worse. Heal up quick and keep to those hills eh?

I wonder if it’s worth people commuting with bright coloured helmets and helmet mounted lights flashing Then what’s on their heads will be visable above the cars.

sucks man

good you're not hurt worse; bad you got hit at all

interesting you were in the cycle lane. there shouldn't be the ambiguity about fault there is in similar cases where there is no cycle lane.

hope you heal well

Nightmare Mfw. Get well soon and don't pick the scabs either.

FLATULENTFRIEND wrote:I wonder if it’s worth people commuting with bright coloured helmets and helmet mounted lights flashing Then what’s on their heads will be visable above the cars.

People still cross in front of trains and those things have farking BIG lights on the front .... noise makers too