twins4life
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My one and only MC accident was 30 years ago. Typical story:
1. <6 months experience
2. First MC
3. No MC license
4. I had a total of about 5 minutes riding instruction from the sales man.
Equipment: Full face helmet, t shirt, jeans, sneakers.
Scenario: On 4 lane undivided highway I rounded a corner and saw a left turning truck, I swerved LEFT of him and managed to hit him broadside, right behind the cab. I locked up the rear tire (I'm not sure if I really knew when to use the front brake) and slid sideways into the bed. I actually hung on to the bed for a short time before falling off and seeing the underside of his truck. The rear tire ran over my waist cutting my leather belt almost in half. I remember laying on the ground pushing up on the axle of the truck.
Some things I dont remember:
1 Sliding on my stomach and scraping the skin off of the underside of my arms - down to the muscle.
2 Grinding off about 1/4" off of the chin guard of my helmet.
3 The last few seconds before impact.
4 Driving the bent bike home, except I have short memories of the pain cause by the wind drying the blood and then the newly formed scabs being flaked off as I drove and flexed my muscles
One thing I will never forget: The pain when the nurse would DAILY set my arms in a pan of betadine(?) and get the steel wool pads (actually they were gauze) and scrub my arms clean to get the infection that had set in.
It may not have been 100% my fault because the guy was staggering drunk and asked if he could just pay the damages and go before the cops showed up. Since I didnt have a license and was in shock, we just left. I passed the EMS on the way out. They just kind of stared at my bent handle bars, torn clothing and the fact that blood was pouring off of both arms.
I never stopped driving the MC even with bandages on both arms.
Now the point:
When I came to, my eyeglasses were laying completely folded up inside the face shield. Obviously during the tumbling they came off my head but couldnt get out because of the full face helmet.
I have thought about this for the last 30 years, during the tumbling could the frame ends have gouged out or damaged an eye(s)?
I havnt worn a full face helmet since, but recently bought one.
1. <6 months experience
2. First MC
3. No MC license
4. I had a total of about 5 minutes riding instruction from the sales man.
Equipment: Full face helmet, t shirt, jeans, sneakers.
Scenario: On 4 lane undivided highway I rounded a corner and saw a left turning truck, I swerved LEFT of him and managed to hit him broadside, right behind the cab. I locked up the rear tire (I'm not sure if I really knew when to use the front brake) and slid sideways into the bed. I actually hung on to the bed for a short time before falling off and seeing the underside of his truck. The rear tire ran over my waist cutting my leather belt almost in half. I remember laying on the ground pushing up on the axle of the truck.
Some things I dont remember:
1 Sliding on my stomach and scraping the skin off of the underside of my arms - down to the muscle.
2 Grinding off about 1/4" off of the chin guard of my helmet.
3 The last few seconds before impact.
4 Driving the bent bike home, except I have short memories of the pain cause by the wind drying the blood and then the newly formed scabs being flaked off as I drove and flexed my muscles
One thing I will never forget: The pain when the nurse would DAILY set my arms in a pan of betadine(?) and get the steel wool pads (actually they were gauze) and scrub my arms clean to get the infection that had set in.
It may not have been 100% my fault because the guy was staggering drunk and asked if he could just pay the damages and go before the cops showed up. Since I didnt have a license and was in shock, we just left. I passed the EMS on the way out. They just kind of stared at my bent handle bars, torn clothing and the fact that blood was pouring off of both arms.
I never stopped driving the MC even with bandages on both arms.
Now the point:
When I came to, my eyeglasses were laying completely folded up inside the face shield. Obviously during the tumbling they came off my head but couldnt get out because of the full face helmet.
I have thought about this for the last 30 years, during the tumbling could the frame ends have gouged out or damaged an eye(s)?
I havnt worn a full face helmet since, but recently bought one.
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