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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 03:24 PM
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Angry Left turning cage got me on monday

Same old story, a woman driving a mini van deciced at the last minute to make a left turn right in front of me on monday causing me to go down! I literally kissed the pavement, landed head first, face first i should say. Took over 150 stitches in my face around my eye. Lots of road rash and my right arm is messed up pretty good. Why wont people learn , how hard is it to judge an oncoming motorcycle!!!! Just flat out SUCKS now i have to miss work and get my bike up again asap!! just venting here, cant do much else anyway til i heal up.... BE CAREFUL!! Just goes to show ya dont matter how experienced you are( i have over 25 yrs) they can still get ya. I saw the bike the other day(happened right in front of Dealership) the bike luckily dont look too bad. The guys from dealership came right out to help me , they were great. they also wheeled my bike into their shop(i bought it there, and its 2 blocks from my house) and stopped the lady from leaving until the police showed up.. I was taken to the hospital but didnt have to worry about my bike getting more damage while being towed. It just sucks my whole world had to get ****ed up because some woman couldn't wait 30 seconds for me to pass, now i'm missing work and have to fix my bike.!!!
 
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 03:30 PM
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Dude a 150 stitches, ouch. Glad you're alive. Guys at the Dealer came through for ya.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 03:35 PM
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Glad it wasn't worse. Let me guess, she didn't see you.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 03:37 PM
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YES they did said they wouldnt charge me for storage or anything, real good guys. All things considered it could have been a lot worse, but still sucks!!
 
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 03:39 PM
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Same thing happened to me on 27 May, broken pelvis (plates and screws), hair line crack on femur and road rash all over. My pretty face was saved. It sucks man, heal up fast!
 
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 03:43 PM
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Heal well & glad to see you're here to ride on again...sucky deal indeed!
 
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by cotnballs
Same thing happened to me on 27 May, broken pelvis (plates and screws), hair line crack on femur and road rash all over. My pretty face was saved. It sucks man, heal up fast!
Damn!! you got it worse than me, hope you are healing well. my face was the first thing to hit, the road rash SUCKS!!!
 
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 03:55 PM
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Man that SUCKS in a big way! Real glad to hear you walked away from i though!
It's a damn shame people just don't pay attention...it's NOT that hard a thing to do!
Hope you get the scoot fixed up soon, and get all healed up even sooner!!!

Tony
 
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 03:55 PM
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They had to keep her from leaving?

They should have let her go, and wrote down her license plate number!

Then she would for sure go to jail.

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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 03:56 PM
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Heal up and get back out there, on a serious note glad to hear your ok and the bike can be fixed. However I think there should be more severe punishment for people who CAUSE an accident then maybe people would wake up a tad. Prayers your way that you heal fast!!
 
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