bikes are bad .... mmmk
i HAD a bike
rode for 3 years.... i was always pretty careful... never did wheelies or fucked around like that ... sped on ocasion when the time and place was right (empty highways)... mostly just enjoyed corner carving on twisty back roads....
Saturday June 3rd 2000
it was sunny day about 12:45 in the afternoon
i was traveling northbound twards an intersection doing about 40-45mph in a 40mph zone (compleatly reasonable speed) the light was green and i entered the intersection..... just as i entered the intersection the 99 Dodge Ram that was comming southbound didnt see me and turned left directly in front of me.... i had no time to do anything... i hit the brakes and tried to swerve as i slammed into the side of the truck at 45mph....
i dont remember any of what i just told you.... if it wasnt for my friend Tee-Jay that was following me in his car i wouldnt know any of it... i have no memory for 3 days before the accident or 2 weeks after... my first memory was waking up in the hospital with an external fixator on my leg and arm, stitches everywhere, a C collar on my neck, and more wires and tubes comming off of me than i could count...
injuries:
stage 3 compound fracture right Tibia and Fibula (lower leg)
8 inch laceration right knee
dislocation right knee cap
14 inch laceration right thigh
fracture left Radius (forearm)
broken ribs right side (unspecified number)
collapsed right lung
fracture C1 and C2 (neck)
smashed cheek bone right side (yes i had a helmet on)
smashed eye socket right side
broken nose
treatment:
right leg - bone graft, skin graft, muscle graft, stitches/staples, external fixator (3 months), cast (6 months), brace (1 year, still used for heavy activity) still rehabing
left leg - stitches/staples
left arm - bone graft, 5 pins, external fixator (6 weeks), cast (3 weeks), rehab (6 months)
chest/lung - drain tube (2 weeks), stitches, breathing excercises (3 months)
neck - C collar 6 weeks, rehab (6 months)
eye/nose/cheek - head was cut ear to ear, face was pealed off, about 16 screws and a few plates were put in to reconstruct everything, face was put back on, 64 internal stitches, 64 staples
was in a wheel chair for 3 months, on crutches for 5 months (walked on cast for one month), cane 2 months
still have nerve damage (some places i cant feel shit some places are hypersensitive)
shit load of scars
over all it really wasnt a good 18 months
definatly dont recomend it
oh and as for the truck:
large ass dent
blown out tire
broken axle
broken driveshaft
sheered the leafspring away from the frame
bent the frame
blew the rear window out of the cap on the bed
somehow made the wheel on the opposite side of the truck crooked
the driver was a professional truck driver with over 1 million miles logged without a single blemish on his driving record
i know that this isnt going to stop anyone from getting a bike or riding or whatever.... just want people to know what can happen.... i got off pretty easy.... in the 2.5 years since my accident i personally know 16 people who have gotten into accidents on bikes... from simply dumping it, a few got fucked up, a few died, one kid actually had is head ran over and lived through it... he now has severe brain damage... he cant do normal everyday shit without assistance... the worst part is, he knows it... he knows he use to be able to do all of this stuff, and now he cant..... there are some fates worse than death
shit happens, anytime, anywhere
id rather be protected by a car when it does