Re: Crash Analysis: What did you learn?
recap -- waiting at a stop sign, bike in neutral. hit from behind and did my superman impression for about 25ft onto a sidewalk. got up, fell over, got up again and went over to the bike and shut it off. gas leaking out of carb so picked it up and put on sidestand. cops, ambulance and fire truck (hazmat concern) show up. drove the bike home. injuries resulted in L5/S1 laminectomy (back surgery - fun!)
what I did right: wore all my duds (especially useful when skidding around on hands/chest), was truthful and wrote "back hurts" on accident report, kept a dairy of daily pains, sued his silly a**
what I did wrong: stupidly drove home. really stupid. had a grade or level III concusion (triple vision one day, double vision for a few days, blinding headaches, etc.) had air in the rear tire and headed home. should've had textile/leather/kevlar pants on even tho no injuries there,
avoidance: maybe should've had a pulsing brake light? I don't know. bmw's are tough bikes by the way
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