10-05-2016, 05:54 AM
(10-05-2016, 03:00 AM)CB4ME_imp Wrote: Quick update: New room with a view, physical therapy in progress, in a wheel chair, eating in the dinning room, weaning off pain meds.
Pelvis is the worst of it, preventing any weight on right leg. Going to be around 6 weeks before I can make real progress and escape to a new house my wife is finagling that has easy access. We'll be renting our existing house and buying the new one.
Everyone ride safe and try to make eye contact with drivers waiting at intersections.
CB4ME, very glad to hear you're in a better room now, and on the mend. I hope you don't mind me chiming in about making eye contact with drivers -- and I only say it in the same spirit of what you said. I've had drivers who were looking right at me still pull out in front of me. One thing I've started doing in those country intersection situations is flash my brights on and off (while covering both brakes just in case), which seems to get the driver's attention and/or seems to warn them off from pulling out. It may also make them hesitate long enough to where they calculate that it's become too late to pull out into traffic. This tactic may not have made any difference in your case, but I still think it can reduce these incidents in some cases.
My 20 year old son rides now, and I have drilled into him to assume that no one, I mean absolutely no one, sees him when he's on his bike.
In any event, I thought I would throw in my 2 cents in the hope that we can save the next guy from going through what you are going through. Best wishes for a speedy recovery and a fat settlement. I'm not a litigious person, but in your case I would have zero qualms about suing their pants off, church van or not.