Anyone been in a bike accident?

[Arizona_928]

I finished fixing my buell earlier last night and was taking her for a spin, a lady pulled out in front of me, and well I'm lucky i didn't hit the A or B pillars. My side feels like I got chopped by a 250lbs lineman.
What's the natural course of things? This is my first accident...

[LakeCleElum]

Sorry to hear of your pain. Take care of your body and let your insurance handle the vehicle damage...Hopefully you got witness info at the scene?

I was a slow learner.......Used to crash bikes so much, I kept a written list. Didn't count MC racing or dirt bike crashes.....Stopped keeping track when over 25 crashes on the street....That's why I walk like an old man today....

[ledhedsymbols]

Jeebus! Thank goodness you are OK. I just started riding this year, as I'm sure you recall, and haven't been down. Hope everything works out OK for you. Put some beer on it.

[Arizona_928]

My back is really bothering me, but I don't want to go to the ER. Any down sides for waiting till monday to go see a primary/specialist? Well, besides being miserable.

Weren't any witnesses, but people stopped. (blocking all the lanes of traffic) She was really apologetic, and said it was her fault.

You know it's luck of the draw. I was putting 30K+ miles a year on a gsxr I had, and had too many close calls to count. Some days you're fly, most of the time you're the windshield.

[porsche4life]

Get thee to an urgent care, lest I come drag your ass in.


Serious, if you're hurting get it checked out.

[rwest]

Go to the hospital now and get checked out, the insurance companies will screw with you and try to get you to sign forms that say that everything is fine before they'll fix you bike. You don't know everything is fine unless you do.

I went over a cab door on my pedal bike and didn't go to the hospital either- should have, the back on my helmet was cracked and I must have been out for a few minutes- dumb choice. Go get checked out.

Hope you get better soon,
Rutager

[gsxrken]

I had same thing happen 25 years ago. Also thought I was fine (besides a compound broken finger that needed surgery. The problem with neck/back injuries is they can impact you months or years later and still not look like much if anything in the ER or under MRI. It starts you on a slight but downhill slope, and someday you'll marvel you used to be able to put your socks on without some painful effort.
I'd go in if for nothing else for peace of mind and to start your paper trail with her insurance company.

[cashflyer]

From a guy with a back injury, let me also say GO GET CHECKED OUT.

A) You need to know. If any damage to the bones, you will need to wear a device so that they heal correctly. Or else you can be be in for chronic pain in your later years.

B) Insurance companies will screw with you. They will claim you didn't go sooner because you were fine until your greed kicked in. Etc.

[mattdavis11]

Timely thread. My GF's son's friend brought his 80CC Mongoose by yesterday. It's a home built, and I had to ride it. It didn't turn out well, but it could have been worse. The steering wobbled awfully bad, and the kill switch was not where it should have been. Instead of meeting an oncoming car, I plowed into my LandCruiser at 15mph. I hurt. Fat lip, gash on my leg, but no dents on the cruiser, and the kid rode it away.

Hope you get better soon.

[Arizona_928]

One cat scan later, I have a herniated disk.

[ledhedsymbols]

I'm very sorry to hear that you have such a substantial injury. I'm glad to hear that you went to go get checked out, and I hope you have good luck dealing with the insurance companies. Consider talking to a lawyer before anyone else. The bad news is that neither your insurer nor hers are your friends...

[Noah930]

Wow. Hope you mend quickly.

It's good that you get checked out, but you also need to make sure the right person is checking you out. (Which depends on what hurts.) Fancy tests can be useful, but you also have to interpret them with a grain of salt. Is that disc herniation related to the crash? Or was it even there (asymptomatically) even before the crash? It's good that the CT scan didn't find anything terrible like internal organ injury, but it may take a few days for you to know if other structures are hurt or not.

[Arizona_928]

Yeah insurance is not going to be fun. I know they are going to haggle me on the bike.

[Noah930]

If you're having back issues, in general a CT scan is not the most appropriate test to get. You have to interpret a study in light of the story--the mechanism of injury, the patient's complaints, and the physical exam--the patient presents. That herniated disc may or may not be why your back hurts now. This is not stuff best done over the internet.

[Arizona_928]

The top of my neck was shooting pain when the doc pushed on it so I think that was the reason of the ct scan. Idk, I'm glad I don't have any internal bleeding, or strange stuff like that. As you mentioned. I was given a referral to a specialist, so I'm sure I'll come to bottom of this soon.

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by Noah930

This is not stuff best done over the internet.

Yeah, even insurance company lawyers have figured out this google thing by now.

And you need one of your own, first thing Monday. And get rid of any posts on this thread that may compromise your position. Post number 13, for example.

[Brando]

Any red in your pee?

I, like others here, have a back injury stemming from being hit on my motorcycle. 4 years later my herniated disc resulted in all sorts of damage and misalignment of my spine. The pain was very subtle over the last 3 years but came on real strong in Jan/Feb this year. I have been seeing a chiropractor who has been very aggressive with my treatment and PT.

I'm not giving you a sob story, just a point of reference. Getting checked out was the right first step. Now getting a GOOD treatment plan is the next step (and sticking to it). You don't want to look back in 4 or 5 years and have a high level of pain every waking hour.

[LeeH]

One of my accounting clients is an attorney. Really nice guy. Let me know if you want his info. Accident/injury claims are one of his specialties... he just doesn't run annoying TV ads so you've probably never heard of him.

[vash]

yup.

folsom street in San Francisco. my bike was a black honda F4i. sweet sweet bike super smooth tranny.

i was going up the street. a car pulled out of a spot he was parallel parked in. i was in the right most lane, so i dodged left..hoping he simply pulled out into the lane...but NOOOOO, he was pulling out as the first move of his uturn. puck!

he pulled in front of me, and i dodge more left..pulling into oncoming traffic..braking hard as well. i aaaaaaallllllmmooost make it. i graze him..by grazing him, i put my right leg in between his front chrome bumper and car. you car guys know the two bolts that hold on a bumper. well, i sheared them. i see the bumper fly off and boomarang out in front of me. i feel my leg on fire. i pull to a good stop..wheels down..and try to put my leg down..it wouldnt move. i'll use the other leg. nope, like butter toast..i fell butter side down. i was screaming. somebody lifted my bike off of me..and all i see are birkenstock feet. some lady tells me she is a nurse and wants me to pray with her...sure. pray.

i tell her my roommates phone..and within seconds i hear the roar of multiple motorcycle rip up the street.

it was awful. i broke tib'fib. almost pushed them both thru my skin. my SF doc wanted to put me in a cast for 8 months..puck that..i crutched my ass to the airport and flew back to el paso, where a doc rodded my leg. i was up in a month.

i still feel the affects of the accident. my foot is numb in spots..my leg is sore. i paid thousands later to have the rod removed. i just did like it in there.

be careful. i'll eventually get another bike. soon! i've been triumph tiger shopping!!

[Arizona_928]

I can't afford for this to be really drawn out. I'm supposed to do my second year of rotc at Arizona State in the fall.

Lee I'll send you a pm.