Knocked Off Bike Then Nearly Run Over By Police Car

Tony-Bones · December 22, 2006

Thank you for all the kind words in the (message from Tony thread) in particular Scarface who managed to decipher my garbled message on Wednesday.

What happened?

I was approaching a dual carriageway in the fog and ice Wednesday evening at about 20mph just off a bend in the road. After the bend i could see a Police car (blues and two's) traveling on the outside of the opposite carriageway, the car in front of me couldn't decide were to go, it moved left and right totally panicked so i stayed in the left lane............ Then the car in front pulled left hitting my front wheel slamming me to the ground.

Now sliding out of control i was in the path of the on-coming Police car, this swerved to the left and i hit the car feet first on the drivers door, rotated i hit my right side chest/ shoulder then bounced back into the left lane.....With immediate attention by the officer i knew i was not seriously hurt.

Since the Police car was involved in the RTA the road was closed and the Inspector was called to the scene, this was dealt with whilst i was in the ambulance... Fact is the Police car was not to blame, it was the panicked driver in front who i must add failed to stop so i am left with the repair bill.

That's it... I have some deep road rash wounds on my hip/ thigh/ knee, compressive impact injuries to my ankles, knees, shoulder, ribs and chest plate, so a little sore to say the least, but alive :D

Moral to this story is.......... Stay wise! A life changing event could be around the corner in a millisecond.

Monster-Mat · December 22, 2006

surely the poilice at the scene, saw what happened...yes no

Ellz · December 22, 2006

Loads of police cars have A) number plate checkers

B) Video camera

Might be worth asking them if they've got the knob end who knocked u off

Hope your all ok now tho a few bruises never hurt no one hahaha joke

A few battle scar to tell the lads down the pub on friday night hey :D

Get well soon so you can get back to sorting all our fecked geo out :D

Tango · December 22, 2006

Tony.

Sorry to hear about your bike accident....you need to get that WIM Company Car PDQ :D .

I was in your area yesterday on business and was going to call in for the '1000' mile check on the 250...just as well the fog and traffic prevented a wasted trip ;)

Get well soon mate.....

MacRS200 · December 22, 2006

B H*ll that sounds like a close one Tony.

Could have been a lot worse mate, hope you are on the mend now.

winnie · December 22, 2006

Tony i guess everything is o.k except for a few bumps and bruising (dont reach for the weed) hope everyhing goes well and assume your being pampered by Mrs WIM? :D :D

You seem to bounce well for an older guy :P

TheDon · December 22, 2006

hope you recover soon, make sure you take note of every pain you have as bike injurys have a habit of haunting you....

For example 90% of my symptoms were dissmissed by doctors at the hospital on the day, leading to them going untreated.... then 2 years of painful operations and ongoing recovery with over 8 dislocations due to the deformed shoulder socket.... and they are still finding new things!!

take care, rest up and chill out for a good while.... and do what i did, stay off the bikes and get in the lexus

Monster-Mat · December 22, 2006

You seem to bounce well for an older guy

not as well as id think you would bounce......and roll

star a · December 22, 2006

glad to hear you are relatively ok. :)

Doodlebug · December 22, 2006

Sorry to hear of your accident, thankfully you survived to tell the tale.

Get well soon buddy and a merry Christmas to you and your family.

winnie · December 22, 2006

You seem to bounce well for an older guy

not as well as id think you would bounce......and roll

I got the scars to show for it as well when i came off the R1,im still missing a few internal body parts,so if you come across a spleen in Farnbrough..... its mine :winky:

GWilso · December 22, 2006

Shocker sorry to hear of this Tony hope Mrs bones is nursing you back to full health again! too many people panic in these situations when really it could be avoided with a bit of common sense.....

All the best

Gordon

Unregistered_User · December 22, 2006

Despite what happened I am glad to hear that you are not seriously hurt and I do hope they find the d!ck that failed to stop....... retard.

Keep us updated on the situation and I hope all turns out well...

Regards,

Jamie

Noel · December 22, 2006

Good to hear you are ok... But like already said, Get that WIM car now ... bikes this time of year are for looneys

MacRS200 · December 22, 2006

... bikes this time of year are for looneys

I rode bikes for years in all sorts of weather from -10C, 2 feet of snow, ****** rain and sunshine, had no choice and I loved it, apart from the -10C, that was cold

However now I have the option, the bikes go to bed for most of the winter so kind of agree with you Noel, but I was not a looney

Tony-Bones · December 22, 2006

surely the poilice at the scene, saw what happened...yes no

The Police car i hit was not aware of the accident until she saw me sliding on the road toward the car and i was not paying attention to the make of car that hit me so it's got off scot free... My saving grace was my protective wear and the fast well trained response by the Police driver, although the Sargent did say the officer was quite shocked by the events and may be taken off-shift.

The bike fared better than me since it didn't hit another car, still done about £1500 damage though... I refused to go to hospital and leave the bike at the scene... The Police said if the brakes and lights still work then i was allowed to take the bike home, and they did :o So despite the broken panels, bent bars and so on they allowed me to ride the bike but escorted me home with the blue lights on.... People must have thought it was a low speed chase..

I take advice from the Don seriously and it was not wise on reflection not going to Hospital despite my injuries are only road rash and impact compression, who knows what may of happened internally? ..... Now black and blue down my right side all i can do is reflect on events and warn everyone who reads this thread to stay wise... Life is as cheap as chips and this simple example nearly killed me although i did nothing wrong! I truly hope the worst example for an accident in LOC this xmas is just me.

Sagitar · December 22, 2006

What a horror story! I am so pleased that you came out of it comparatively unscathed. I still think you would be wise to go to A&E for a checkup.

I rode bikes for many years and had a few near squeaks and still suffer from the aftermath of some of them.

I think drivers are more oblivious now than when I was on two wheels. Fewer and fewer of them have ever ridden a bike and the car-cocoon makes them more and more remote from the road.

Take care and have a good Christmas in spite of all.

P4UL T · December 24, 2006

Sorry to hear about this Tony, get well soon

Dave-Ellen · December 24, 2006

what a shame...at least you are OK now

Tony-Bones · December 24, 2006

what a shame...at least you are OK now

Week or two i will be fine "cheers" Thinking of four wheels now, problem is shall i go for Japanese build quality or Italian styling?

Dave-Ellen · December 24, 2006

what a shame...at least you are OK now

Week or two i will be fine "cheers" Thinking of four wheels now, problem is shall i go for Japanese build quality or Italian styling?

buy british.................

dlayen · December 24, 2006

tony

i hope your not in too much pain

you've got a great excuse to be pampered all over christmas, take it easy

and it has to be japanese!!

Tony-Bones · December 25, 2006

what a shame...at least you are OK now

Week or two i will be fine "cheers" Thinking of four wheels now, problem is shall i go for Japanese build quality or Italian styling?

buy british.................

A British what? The only thing we make in the UK is redundancies.....

tony
i hope your not in too much pain

you've got a great excuse to be pampered all over christmas, take it easy

and it has to be japanese!!

Thanks.... Fortunately the wife's a nurse so pampering is an unexpected xmas present :winky:

Anees · December 25, 2006

Not sure how I missed this thread! :o

Tony.....glad your reasonably okay......that must have been scary!

Like the others have have said, please please look after yourself (you're one in a million!) and get a car... :)

Quite a few Lexus for sale in the Buy and Sell Section......... :winky:

Merry Christmas! :)

Tony-Bones · December 25, 2006

Not sure how I missed this thread! :o
Tony.....glad your reasonably okay......that must have been scary!

Like the others have have said, please please look after yourself (you're one in a million!) and get a car... :)

Quite a few Lexus for sale in the Buy and Sell Section......... :winky:

Merry Christmas! :)

Despite the £? cost to repair the bike this is my best xmas ever... I was >.< that close to getting killed... We only have one chance in life and i appreciate the extension i have now.....

The "one in a million statement" is very generous thank you but in truth we all are "one in a million".

After this incident my mind is set to get a car..... This bike lark hurts your arse... Question is though what car