We Really Are Invisible... (or how about a hit and run?!)
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:26 pm
Even at a stop light - completely stopped - I still had a guy manage to just run into me last night.
So there I am - at a stop light, a pretty major intersection as well. I saw the guy coming up in the rear view but thought "Oh he'll stop" and looked away. Well guess, what - he didn't stop. Thankfully he wasn't going very fast and all he really managed to hit was the back tire and the plastic tail on the bike - no damage. But - the best part was the fact that he didn't know he ran into and I had to put my bike on the kickstand and thump his hood to get his attetnion. He rolled down his window and said "WHAT?" and i said "HEY YOU HIT MY *$(%*()*#$%() BIKE!!" and he said "Oh..I was talking to my daughter" and I said "Well you need to pull the hell over" and he said "Sorry" and I said "Pull over now"
He then backed up and I started to pull my bike to the side of the road (you're supposed to do that here unless people are injured) and he took off. He didn't have a front license plate (so I don't think his car was registered in my state) and when he took off I couldn't read his back license plate.
Of course, no one around us bothered to stop or look - and in hindsight, I should have stayed in front of his car and stuff... I didn't bother calling the cops because all I could tell them was that it was a blue dodge neon. There wasn't any damage to my bike - but is really pissed me off and made me curse the whole way home.
I'm just thankful I'm not hurt and my bike is still running. You really really are invisible out there. Just everyone please be careful!
So there I am - at a stop light, a pretty major intersection as well. I saw the guy coming up in the rear view but thought "Oh he'll stop" and looked away. Well guess, what - he didn't stop. Thankfully he wasn't going very fast and all he really managed to hit was the back tire and the plastic tail on the bike - no damage. But - the best part was the fact that he didn't know he ran into and I had to put my bike on the kickstand and thump his hood to get his attetnion. He rolled down his window and said "WHAT?" and i said "HEY YOU HIT MY *$(%*()*#$%() BIKE!!" and he said "Oh..I was talking to my daughter" and I said "Well you need to pull the hell over" and he said "Sorry" and I said "Pull over now"
He then backed up and I started to pull my bike to the side of the road (you're supposed to do that here unless people are injured) and he took off. He didn't have a front license plate (so I don't think his car was registered in my state) and when he took off I couldn't read his back license plate.
Of course, no one around us bothered to stop or look - and in hindsight, I should have stayed in front of his car and stuff... I didn't bother calling the cops because all I could tell them was that it was a blue dodge neon. There wasn't any damage to my bike - but is really pissed me off and made me curse the whole way home.
I'm just thankful I'm not hurt and my bike is still running. You really really are invisible out there. Just everyone please be careful!