":One Broken Biker"

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Glad to hear you are getting better.
Curious
Did you have Barkbusters?
I assume from description both hands hit pavement?

I got some heavier gloves recently as I realized the light summer riding gloves would do SFA so feel a bit more protected.

What other gear were you wearing? TIA
 
V-Tom said:
I'm a big proponent of "Smidsy" which has helped me avoid crashes with vehicles since I got back to riding on July of 2006 and have done 856,347.00km / 532,108 miles since then without any crashes.

The crash happend on October 5, 2025.) This crash left me no real way to avoid the crash. Smidsy wouldn't have helped. I was southbound on a road here in Calgary going about 40 kph (A pickup truck that was behind me said that was about the speed I and he were going. It was good that he witnessed it and confirmed the speeds because so many idiots on Sport Bikes here in Calgary have died riding at crazy speeds so everyone right away thinks excessive speed is a big factor in a crash. He wasn't involved, just witnessed it all.) There was a northbound Acura SUV heading north (I think behind a van or something else that blocked being able to see him.) He suddenly turned in front of me around 5 or 10 feet in front. I had no real ability to take any evasive maneuvers, just grabbed the (ABS) brakes but rode right into him. Bike and me fell to the left, my hands tried to protect me when I hit the pavement and the the bike landed on top of me and the pickup driver helped get my bike off me.(The pickup also said the guy just suddenly appeared in front of me.) The Acura driver walked by me as I (with help) was getting up. I asked it he saw me and he literally said "I wasn't looking.) My left wrist had several bones broken and both my wrists had soft tissue damage (ie Sprains) Both wrists are still sore and if I move the wrong way they really hurt. I get physio twice a week and sometimes I think it makes things worse as the wrists still have pain but I think that is part of the healing process. (Apart from the wrist damage my gear totally protected me.

Anyway I am very fortunate, it could have been worse, I was in the hospital for about a week and healing at home for a few weeks after leaving the hospital, I had started a new job a few days before the crash When I went back to work it turned out the company had been sold and the new owners didn't have a place for me when I went back to work.

I hired a lawyer that specializes on motorcycle crashes but it may take up to two years before the case gets to court.

..Tom
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Mimics my own (and only) accident on a bike. Left turner directly in front with no visibility of the situation developing.

Eventually your luck runs out when you ride enough.

Glad you’re ‘okay’ and sorry to hear about the job situation.
 
Same, left hand turner popped out from behind a street car for me. Lucky for me nothing broken, just soft tissue damage of left ankle that was caught between bumper and bike.

Good luck with the court case and happy to hear your healing and getting physio.
 
Happened to me too, lady tried a right turn from leftmost lane on hwy 7 into a shopping plaza.

Sent me over the curb, it was slow and fortunately I didn’t crash.

She got out screaming that I hit her car.

I grabbed the keys from her running car and threw them into the swampy ravine at Kennedy and 7.

We were even.
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