I killed my bike on death hill (WITH PICS)

Thought I would take the bike to work instead of the car because i have been experiencing a lot of back pain since i got my first car 3 months ago. It was 5am when i left for work and a bit cold but I was happy as larry because I was on my bike. I always take the twisty route to work down the A225 heading towards London. It all came to an end when i overtook two cars after leaving the roundabout going up death hill. (A20) I was doing 60 going up heading towards Swanley then I saw something weird in my path but couldn't make it out so i started to slow down. I looked in my wing mirror to check the cars that i overtook then when i looked ahead there was a fully loaded low loader about 6 foot in front of me. Instead of going down the road to turn around at the roundabout he decided to take a short cut across my path to get to a layby. I knew i was going to hit it but i still tried to avoid it by driving to the back end but he wasn't moving faster enough for me to avoid him.
I hit the back end heard the crunch and i went flying in the air which seemed like ages. My eyes were closed and remember thinking it is either going to really hurt when i hit the ground or i won't feel a thing. Well it really hurt but i didn't hit the ground i landed on the back of the low loader. The driver didn't know that i hit him so he carried on driving into the layby, have no idea where my bike went. The pain was so bad that it hurt everytime i took a breath and i was positive that i broke my leg. I really thought i was going to die, i was so cold and it hurt so much. I was alone for a while but it seemed like hours. It's pitch black by that layby at that time and with the cold and the pain I really thought my life would end there. As I was laying there one of the car drivers that i overtook at the bottom came and held my hand and i was so grateful that i was not alone. He told me the police and ambulance were on their way. I don't remember seeing the lorry driver getting out to see if i was ok but i heard a passer by shout at him why he never had any lights on. At first i thought he was talking to me but them realised you can't turn the lights off on my bike. That would explain why i didn't see him. The police said that they would try and charge the lorry driver for dangerous driving because not only did he cut into my lane but he crossed double white lines. People say that a bike is just a machine and it can be replaced but i have so many good memories and it has really looked after me. Everyone who has seen the bike or was at the seen said that i should be dead. Apart from bruising to my pelvis all i have is a scratch on my right leg. I don't know why i am alive but i am and i am grateful and i would like to thank everyone who helped me on that day.

Sorry to hear about your off and the damage to your bike, but as they say bikes are replaceable body parts arent! Glad to hear that you 're okay and that you really have come away with a few brusies. wishing you a speedy recovery.

bl@@dy hell mate! i know how you feel dam car/van/lorry drivers! and that pelvis pain i know that too just got over it myself was this today?

OMG

Glad you lived to tell the tale and hope they throw the book at the lorry driver

Here we go again "Dam car/van/lorry drivers" Why are we all tarred with the same brush,I have ridden and driven for over 40 years and I,m not perfect by any means. OK, the lorry driver in this case was at fault,but I doubt whether he did it deliberately I would like to invite anybody to sit in the cab of a lorry on the A2 towards the Blackwall and see some of the stupid antics of bikers.
For goodness sake we are all human and to err is human,but why class us as pillocks because we aren't on a bike

Rant over

i know bikers do some stupid manuvours and i agree not all car/van/lorry drivers are bad its just that the one i hit was ***** and hes cost me 3 grand and i really do want his nailed to a post and set fire to!

sorry rant over

For goodness sake we are all human and to err is human,but why class us as pillocks because we aren't on a bike

because most van or lorry drivers dont usually look, they think because theyre bigger than anything else they can move where they like and everyone will get out of the way.

Redeye the god of the sv was looking down on you today

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The poor fellas just had a nasty smash, that was, from what i can see, the lorry drivers fault. Why immediately take offence at that? He could've been killed by said lorry drivers stupid manouver. Defend that.

hence the white van man reputation.

Glad your OK, shame about the bike. I thought it was only London taxi cabs that did U turns!
I have found in the past HGV drivers are some of the best on the road but it has been mentioned that the foreign HGV drivers we now get leave a lot to be desired.