Riding home Tuesday evening along the Embankment going through the traffic lights before Waterloo Bridge. A chap coming the opposite direction decides to turn right in front of me. I slam on the brakes, too hard and the rear of the ike goes airborne just in front of him. Aparently the bike flipped over going across his bonet in the process.
I'm lying face down in quite a bit of pain, fortunately there where 2 community support officers who called the police. Police turned up and took dtails and witness statements. At the time I didn't feel too bad so didn't go to hospital.
Phone my long suffering father inlaw to come and pick the bike up, while I'm waiting discover that the bike somehow ripped out his power stering (the old girl got her revenge). By this time my hand is really hurting, so get the bike home and get a lift up to A & E. Managed to break my thumb at the base in 2 places and dislocate it as well. They want to pin it so I'm admitted overnight.
Yesterday morning they decide to move it back into place and cast it. They may still have to pin it when I go back in 2 weeks. Other injuries wher a concussion, jared shoulder and very bruised and grazed knees. Good job I was wearing my kit. Onr look at my helmet just reinforces my hatred of open face lids.
Oh and it's the wifes bike as mines off the road so I'm only covered third party
