My collision free streak has ended.

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  • May 10, 2019 at 4:31 pm #921197
    lordofthemark
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    For those of you who haven’t seen my strava, this is what happened yesterday afternoon:

    I was riding home, had just left the office, riding WB in the bike lane on Eye SE, crossing NJ Avenue. Eye and NJ SE is a bad intersection, especially on a nice evening – cars, peds, riders in every direction in large numbers, turns, and no traffic signals. I tried to ride alongside a WB car to get a gap through the mess, but of course I couldn’t quite keep up. SB SUV, waited till the car was past then proceeded and hit me (on the right side, of course) I went down. He was apologetic, gave me insurance info. I was in a hurry to an evening event, so did not call police, etc. I felt okay. Mostly minor road rash on the leg, arm, hand. Later noticed a scrape on my right ankle, which maybe was from the SUV, not the road? Got the chain back on, and rode off. As I headed WB on Eye SW I noticed it was getting much harder to pedal, brake was stuck, etc, and I realized I had to bag it, so took the bike to DistrictHardware/Velocafe. They took a look, and gave me an estimate.

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  • May 10, 2019 at 5:26 pm #1098501
    ChristoB50
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    Very glad to hear you were not seriously injured; sorry the streak had to come to an end :(

    May 10, 2019 at 5:41 pm #1098504
    KWL
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    I’m glad your injuries appear to be minor.

    May 10, 2019 at 5:45 pm #1098505
    Crickey7
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    Hope you’re better soon. Call their insurance just to notify them that you’re likely to make a claim.

    May 10, 2019 at 5:52 pm #1098507
    CaseyKane50
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    Ken, sorry to hear about your crash. I hope your scrapes heal quickly and that you get your bike back soon.

    May 10, 2019 at 5:54 pm #1098508
    komorebi
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    @lordofthemark 190618 wrote:

    I felt okay.

    Sorry to hear that this happened to you, and I hope you’re still feeling all right. The day after can sometimes be more painful. :( I hope you and your bike are back in tip-top shape soon.

    May 10, 2019 at 6:48 pm #1098511
    Steve O
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    Tough call with needing to get somewhere (but you ended up being delayed by the broken bike anyway.) I believe a lot of motorists get off scot-free when we don’t call the police in instances like this. “SMIDSY; let my insurance take care of it. I’ll have forgotten all about it by the time I get home.”

    Although who knows if the police would even ticket the driver?

    May 10, 2019 at 7:19 pm #1098515
    josh
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    @Steve O 190632 wrote:

    Tough call with needing to get somewhere (but you ended up being delayed by the broken bike anyway.) I believe a lot of motorists get off scot-free when we don’t call the police in instances like this. “SMIDSY; let my insurance take care of it. I’ll have forgotten all about it by the time I get home.”

    Although who knows if the police would even ticket the driver?

    I’ll save someone the trip to Google: “Sorry mate I didn’t see you”

    May 10, 2019 at 7:59 pm #1098517
    ImaCynic
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    Getting hit sucks. Hope you and your bike make a full recovery!

    May 10, 2019 at 8:38 pm #1098521
    dasgeh
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    @Steve O 190632 wrote:

    Tough call with needing to get somewhere (but you ended up being delayed by the broken bike anyway.) I believe a lot of motorists get off scot-free when we don’t call the police in instances like this. “SMIDSY; let my insurance take care of it. I’ll have forgotten all about it by the time I get home.”

    I agree. Please report it. Probably won’t help with a ticket, but it will put the information in “the system” so that the powers that be know that intersection needs attention.

    Glad it wasn’t worse!

    May 10, 2019 at 8:57 pm #1098524
    bentbike33
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    Using a car like a pulling guard in (American) football to block for you can be a good safety strategy, but you can’t let your blocker outrun you. That’s the reason the ball carrier is generally one of the fastest guys on the team.

    Feel better.

    May 10, 2019 at 9:09 pm #1098526
    Dewey
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    Sorry to read of your crash, hope the road rash heals quickly and your bike can be fixed.

    May 10, 2019 at 11:22 pm #1098529
    streetsmarts
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    So sorry to hear Ken. Hoping you are not feeling too bad today, the road rash heals and they fix that intersection with some traffic control. (Though not sure if it would’ve helped)

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    May 12, 2019 at 4:53 pm #1098557
    kwarkentien
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    Ken, I’m so sorry to hear this. Glad you weren’t seriously hurt. Take care and heal quickly. And here’s hoping the Road Warrior will be back in tip-top shape soon.

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    May 13, 2019 at 2:05 pm #1098563
    lordofthemark
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    Thanks to all for the kind words, here, on strava, and in person. The bike is back in tip top shape thanks to the folks at District Hardware. I am feeling fine – had a bit of next day soreness, but that seems to all be gone now. I have been reimbursed for the full District Hardware bill. I do intend to report this in some fashion to DC. In particular I want to encourage DC to add a traffic signal at NJ and Eye SE (even BikePedantic was not sure of the current status of that). I also intend to avoid that intersection in the PM, which I can do by crossing NJ at L or K SE.

    May 13, 2019 at 2:56 pm #1098564
    Boomer Cycles
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    Dear @lordofthemark, I am sad to learn of your crash, glad that you emerged w/out disabling injuries (or worse) and that you got reimbursed for repairs to your bike.
    As others have stated, I would encourage you to report the incident both to the police as well as on WABA’s crash tracking database,
    https://www.waba.org/crashtracker/
    which is used to inform local authorities for urban planning and advocacy. I recently had an accident myself, got busted up but was able to ride away, and reported to the police 2 days later; they conducted an investigation which didn’t result in anything, but I did get a copy of their incident report and it was logged into their database.
    I also take this as an opportunity to remind forum readers about WABA’s advice about what to do in case of a crash; I carry a wallet-sized summary in my bike kit on most of my rides just in case…
    https://www.waba.org/resources/what-to-do-after-a-crash/
    Ride on, and ride safely

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