Tractor gets bounced on Cedar Ave, Fourways

[Tractor]

On Friday evening I'm riding home from my evening ride around the Chartwell area near me and I have to cross over Cedar Ave - look back and there's no cars so I move across to the white line in the middle of the road (two lanes either side of the road in this section) before crossing over the road. Cycling along waiting for an approaching gap to cross the rest of the road and hit the dirt shoulder again and WHAM - I'm hit from behind. A young guy in a Golf, no other cars near him, despite it being a double lane he's in the right lane and he hits me with the right front of his car. I do some airborne birdie wannabe moves before bouncing along the tar.

 

This idiot at no time even asked if I was alright, couldn't explain why he hit me, couldn't explain why he was so far right in the lane - personally I think he was on his phone. Anyway a big thanks to the 2 drivers in the oncoming lane who stopped and helped and called the paramedics and cops (this happened about 200m away from the Life Fourways hospital).

 

Luckily literally 5 minutes from home so quick and easy for someone to come and collect me. could have been so much worse. Roasties on my legs already stopped "sweating" and sticking to everything BUT my ass is another story.

[TheRob]

Wow dude glad ur alright. Agreed he must have been on his phone thank goodness he didn't drive over you or knock you into on coming traffic.

[gummibear]

Eish....glad it's only minor scratches.

[slowpoke]

:-O glad you are kind of ok. I hope you took all his details and have reported this to the cops

[DIPSLICK]

could have been worse, get the wife to rub some cream in for you make the most of the situation

[kingalton]

and you didn't give him a flatty?

[Tractor]

and you didn't give him a flatty?

 

The driver of the first car that stopped pulled me off him, I was trying to pull him out of his car, just for the dumb ass to get out of the car and make a comment and make me go for him again, only to be stopped by the ever persistent good Samaritan. Luckily a passing SAPS van stopped and separated us completely

[awesme]

Hope police was called and case opened.

 

G

[Tractor]

Hope police was called and case opened.

 

G

 

Reported the next morning to a very un-enthusiastic officer

[Eldron]

Man oh man. Driving has become a zombie sport.

If you want to scare yourself silly look at the faces of the drivers around you in traffic. 90% of them look they're on a bus - gormless and slack jawed.

This is how the above accident happens - these zombies don't see or comprehend diddly while they're driving - they just go through the motions...

[I.OWN.U]

Glad you got away with only minor roasties.... Ride that route every day gonna have to re look at my cycle route just not safe on Cedar Ave.

[Tractor]

Man oh man. Driving has become a zombie sport.

If you want to scare yourself silly look at the faces of the drivers around you in traffic. 90% of them look they're on a bus - gormless and slack jawed.

This is how the above accident happens - these zombies don't see or comprehend diddly while they're driving - they just go through the motions...

 

Unfortunately so true - sadly to say I sometimes almost look for an excuse as to why a driver didn't or couldn't see a cyclist but you hit the nail on the head

[Tractor]

Glad you got away with only minor roasties.... Ride that route every day gonna have to re look at my cycle route just not safe on Cedar Ave.

 

Worst thing is I keep to the single tracks on the dirt on either side of the road and only literally cross the tar to get from left to right when riding home

[Eldron]

Unfortunately so true - sadly to say I sometimes almost look for an excuse as to why a driver didn't or couldn't see a cyclist but you hit the nail on the head

 

In other news - if the roastie on your arse is small enough use a waterproof strick on plaster - the brandname escapes me buy you can buy them at Dischem etc.

 

You leave them on for 3 days. It's called "wet healing" - much faster than allowing it to dry out and with much better results...

[Eldron]

In other news - if the roastie on your arse is small enough use a waterproof strick on plaster - the brandname escapes me buy you can buy them at Dischem etc.

 

You leave them on for 3 days. It's called "wet healing" - much faster than allowing it to dry out and with much better results...

 

I need to type slower or think more. Spelling nazi fodder right there

[awesme]

ye well, they being paid to get fat, each lots of KFC and sit and sleep while camera is collecting xMas bonus's.

 

Reported implies you got name registration etc of this kid.

 

G

 

Reported the next morning to a very un-enthusiastic officer