Ever been knocked over?

I had a kid run across into the road and into the side of my car! If he had been a second earlier he would have been in front of the car and over the bonnet. Luckily I was not going very fast and he was unhurt.

Originally Posted by Ed

It was horrible

Flippin' sounds it! Oh dear I didn't really mean for this to be a depressing thread, guess it is bound to be

[fizzwheel]

I knocked over a pedestrian on my pushbike a while ago. He walked straight out in front of me and left me rolling about in the road. Unfortunately for him he caught my flat bars and took a bit of a beating in the ribs. He came off worse than I did.

I've nearly walked out in front of a lot of vehicles always whilst wearing headphones, each time it would have been my fault if I'd got knocked over. If I'm about to cross a road, I take them off now or I knock the volume right down.

I once saw a young lad go through the windscreen of a car when he ran out between two parked cars and didnt look, it scared the sh*te out of me. It was horrible, not only for him but also for the driver of the car and the passenger in it.

A lot of mention of headphones! I admit I have had a few close shaves - too close for comfort - but I'm just a bit dotty sometimes

I'm better than I was though when I have headphones in, always make the effort of looking both ways instead of relying on my ears (when the volume's down), even on the one way streets.

I've never been knocked over but I've collected 2 pedestrians when I was a courier.

One on Holloway road was picked up comedy style on the full fairing of my BMW R80RT and one on Grosvenor Street was taken out by the headlight crash bars on my CB500. Neither of them had bothered to look before stepping out into the road.

[jamesterror]

On a push bike I've been knocked off side on & rear ended by some tit showing off.

First time was partially my fault, was a bit of a blind crossing on the path, I didn't slow down at all just went across it at about 15/20mph on my push bike, ironically I'd just slipped off on very loose gravel and was going to get my hands which were coated in tomato sauce cleaned up. Car hit me at about 10mph but I managed to pull right leg up so didn't get crushed. Blokes bumper was worse off than me, but he was ten times more shaken than me, I was pretty fine just a bit confused.

Second time was just some **** who pulled out of the local college incredibly fast without looking, hit me at about 20mph managed to stay on the bike though, just back wheel was nakered and felt like my seat had penetrated my ****. Knew it was about to happen some how as could hear the car revving high and noticed him pull up to the T-junction quite fast so expected worst.

I think it was just bad judgement on her behalf, with 1 sense hindered by music its difficult to hear, I have my ear phones up full everywhere I go but I'm always aware of whos around me as my mate got hit by a swerving car onto the path.

Originally Posted by jamesterror

I have my ear phones up full everywhere I go but I'm always aware of whos around me as my mate got hit by a swerving car onto the path.

Yeah you certainly learn to appreciate that being just that little bit more aware of your surroundings is all that's necessary. However, that's easily overlooked at the time...

I don't have my volume on full, I like to have it just loud enough for me to bop along to and just quiet enough to hear the cars go past on the road.

[flymo]

my brother was knocked over by an Ice Cream van when we were younger. The damn thing was covered in 'Mind that child' signs too!

He lived to fight another day though luckily.

Students are fair game. They never bother to look.

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

Students are fair game. They never bother to look.

I believe that's YC's theory too, despite him being one