I was bicycling home from the liquor store last night. Sober. Not one drink. When a lady in a small car passed me and cut in front of me to turn. But instead of turning, she put her extreme braking skills to the test. I ended up hitting her back bumper and smashing into her rear window. The bottle of red wine that was tucked into my jacket broke leaving red wine everywhere and slivers of glass in my tummy.
When the driver saw the wine, she freaked out thinking it was blood. When she realized it was only wine, she laughed. You bitch, I am still sore and banged up, and all I can think of is: you bitch! —Pain Killers Not Working
This article appears in Aug 30 – Sep 5, 2012.
Please speak with Sebastian about the perils of rear ending……
you mean she didn’t cough up the cash for another bottle of hermits. what a cheap bitch she is.
OP, i don’t care what happened. Just like any other accident, if you ran into her, then you are to blame. Enough said.
I hope you’re feeling better, OB. I agree with BOW ME, she should have at least offered to replace the wine.
sorry, *BLOW ME* (correction,not an invitation)
You should have given yourself enough room to brake incase of such an event OP. You hit the car, your at fault.
I stand corrected, it looks like anyone moving into a bike lane MUST grant right of way to the cyclist already in the lane. An cyclist rear ending you would be evidence suggesting that you did not grant him right of way.
In a case of multiple lanes, ie no bike lane, there is also a section that deals with merging traffic in any two lanes… The left lane must grant right of way to the right lane whenever there is an absense of a sign that instructs the right lane.
Check out the ns highway traffic act.
Was it a Prius? Sorry, I had to ask.
My question is, what are you doing riding a bike with glass against your body?