Why I'm the Luckiest Person Alive (not me Wildbill)

For those of you I've not been able to get hold of, Wildbill has had an off, after chatting to him on email he has asked me to let the people that know him what happened, and since i've moved jobs i've not got your email addreses anymore PM me if you want his email address. So in his words:

Yep, as the subject reads I’m the luckiest person on the planet! Riding home
last Sunday I had a little accident with the bike! When I say little… I mean
trip in the air ambulance.

Riding home in the rain, I came around a corner to find a tree in the road.
So I do what anyone would have done, start breaking and aim for the gap to
the left of the tree. That’s when I noticed a car appeared to be coming
through the tree… Sideways! It turns out the car managed to push the tree
about 3 car lengths! Any ho back to the story... So I’m aiming for the gap
to the left of the tree and then I realise no more gap. The back end of the
car is now nicely blocking my path. “Oh crap” I think! Well 50 to 60ish
miles per hour in the wet, breaking like feck I hit the rear drivers side of
the car. Now comes the superman/power rangers summersault in mid air, as I
head over the handlebars. I came to rest about 15 feet down a bank next to a
tree. I’m actually pretty glad that I hit the tree because another 3 feet
and I would have ended up in a very deep, fast flowing river, probably never
to be seen again. So someone pops off to phone for an ambulance because
there is no mobile phone signal and all I can do is wait.

So the air ambulance turns up with cops and a normal ambulance. Then it was
time to get me back up to the road and sort me out. Hum… How to get Bill 15
feet back up the bank. Rope around the chest and everyone together… Pull.
Yep, no other way to do it. Neck brace on and drag me up hoping I don’t have
a broken back or anything.

So they strap me up and stuff me in the back of the air ambulance and fly
me to Exeter hospital, where I have all my clothes cut off and I get
prodded, poked and x-rayed.

Now for the reason I’m the luckiest person on the planed… Nothing broken.
Not even a scratch. Well OK, I’m pretty bruised and I’m in a crap load of
pain, but that’s it. They kept me in overnight for observation and let me go
home on Monday morning. How fecking lucky am I? Very, me thinks.

I’m not sure how buggered the bike is. Oh this isn’t the SV, this is my BMW
F650 Dakar that I’ve had for the total of about 4 weeks. The one that I
waited 6 months to get. The one I’m supposed to be taking on a trip around
Africa in October. I hear that it’s going to be taken to Plymouth to be
assessed and I should find out next week how dead it actually is. The main
thing is I’m not dead.

As for the driver of the car, he’s admitted that it was his fault to the
police. If he was driving carefully for the wet conditions and not changing
the radio station at the time, he would have been able to stop safely on the
straight bit of road he was driving along.

Not much else to say really, I’ve got a couple of weeks off work, some
burses, a nice limp and I’m not dead.

I remember reading this and being shocked. He is a lucky guy but did everything right and glad he came out of quite well and still standing.

Its a shame about the bike but atleast the other guy admitted responsibility.

Get well soon Bill and hope you get the bike sorted quickly

Guess he won't be rescuing any dogs for a while..Take it easy Bill

Originally Posted by Tara

Guess he won't be rescuing any dogs for a while..Take it easy Bill

No that much is for sure im sure he will be back to his old ways soon enough though

[timwilky]

**** Bill man.

Milk the insurance cow. Even though there is nothing busted it don't mean you aint going to hurt.

As for the bike, do you want it back or not?.


Get plenty of liquid anethetic.

Bet the piercings gave the hospital staff a laugh at least The things some people will do for a helicopter ride

Jesus Christ! Glad you're in one piece, WildBill.

BTW, didn't know you no longer have the SV.

Originally Posted by Professor

Jesus Christ! Glad you're in one piece, WildBill.

BTW, didn't know you no longer have the SV.

He still has the SV - the BMW is/was for his trip round Africa in October

[21QUEST]

I can't say I remember wildbill but you were indeed lucky. All the best.

Cheers
Ben

Originally Posted by 21QUEST

I can't say I remember wildbill but you were indeed lucky. All the best.

Cheers
Ben

Bills' been on the AROs and is the most travelled member if the Idle Banter nights out

[Sid Squid]

Blimey, glad you're not badly hurt. Hope your bumps and bruises fade soon.