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reaching from the shadows

We all come and go...

I just got hit by a car which turned left right into me when I was going straight through an intersection. I was riding quite fast and the impact threw me about 3m off my bike, superficially hurting both my legs and arms and bruising my back but my head was perfectly fine. When driving at 50km/h you're in a bloody steel cage, the only armor that cyclists have is about 2mm of clothing, think about that.

Getting up from the accident, shaking and hurting a bit, I noticed the blond lady driver getting out of the car and I couldn't help it so I laughed. She was really scared and she had good reason, when the police and ambulance came, we found out this is going to cost her a minimum of 3000€ in fines. She was shocked and shaking even more than I was and she was truly concerned for my well-being so I didn't press any charges or made her life more difficult...

Although I'm hurting a bit, it's nothing serious, I mainly want to raise awareness about this. I was lucky, some cyclists are crippled for a lifetime from one brief moment of distraction from drivers. The lady will definitely be looking very carefully for cyclists from now on, I hope you'll do the same.

Meanwhile, I'll take a bit to repair myself and the bike but hopefully we'll both be fully functional in no time....

tinkered with a broken zoom lens, removed the front element, I have a macro now :)

tinkered with a broken zoom lens, removed the front element, I have a macro now :)