[tw] : Like Getting Hit By a Truck

“Like Getting Hit By a Truck”
From:	Seth Dillingham	In Response To:	Top of Thread.
Date Posted:	Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:07:30 PM	Replies:	6

Enclosures:	None.

About thirteen miles into my ride, today, I was at the top of a small hill on Route 184. There was a car coming from the other direction, but 184 is a wide road with wide shoulders, and I was in the breakdown lane...

S L A M ! ! !

Something hit my left arm and hip. Really hard. It was a truck, coming from behind me.

A commercial pickup truck, one of the big "dualies" with the boxed, extra heavy bed. His passenger side mirror hit my left arm... I have no idea what hit my hip. His mirror snapped back and hit the passenger side window, making a lot of noise in the process.

He slowed down. I tried to wave him back... he kept moving. I waved again. His brake lights blinked. I tried to catch him... he stayed a couple hundred feet ahead of me. I couldn't make out his plates, and I was starting to get angry. Finally, he drove off.

As I said... I was at the *top* of a hill. I picked it up to about 40 going down the hill. He was already out of sight, but halfway down the hill I made a left onto North Stonington Road, and found him just around the corner. Two vehicles (the truck that hit me, and an SUV) were parked on the side of the road, with four people all looking at the broken mirror.

They saw me coming, and freaked out. They all ran to get back in their trucks, but were too slow. The driver of the truck just stopped, looked at me, and gave me a huge smile. Like maybe if he looked friendly, I wouldn't flatten (or sue) him for a hit-and-run.

I just said, "nice, guys," and kept going. Part of me wanted to teach them a lesson, but that's the part that's usually best ignored. It's sort of my 'anti-conscience.'

Anyway, I'm alive and well. Not even a bruise where the truck hit me, though it certainly stung at the time.

I have stats for this ride, but I just don't feel like recording them rigth now. (I'll try to remember to come back and update this space later.)

Discussion Thread:

Re: Like Getting HIt By a Truck (by Steve Davis - Office at 10/21/2005)

Wow. Glad you're okay. Not long ago, I remember reading that a cyclist was killed when a mirror on a
- RE: Like Getting HIt By a Truck (by PickleFt at 10/21/2005)
  
  OK, Seth and Steve......this is why mother's get gray! Wish there were safer places for you guys to
RE: Like Getting Hit By a Truck (by Levi Pearson at 10/21/2005)

I had a close call a couple of days ago. I gigantic two-trailer semi hauling gravel or something suddenly
I Was Too Angry (by Seth Dillingham at 10/21/2005)

Folks, thinking about the good of all cyclists was at the bottom of my list last night. I was really
- Re: I Was Too Angry (by Philippe Martin at 10/21/2005)
  
  At 13:50 -0400 21/10/05, Seth Dillingham wrote: >(Incidentally, the license plate was completely hidden
- Re: I Was Too Angry (by Steve Davis - Office at 10/21/2005)
  
  ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seth Dillingham" <seth@macrobyte.net> > > You guys weren't there.
  - RE: I Was Too Angry (by Seth Dillingham at 10/21/2005)
    
    On Fri, October 21, 2005 2:21 pm, Steve Davis said: >> You guys weren't there. I can't believe I'm having
    - Re: RE: I Was Too Angry (by Daniel Berlinger at 10/23/2005)
      
      Alright, I did accuse. Guilty as charged. But while you mentioned that you were getting angry while
      - Re: RE: I Was Too Angry (by Corinne at 10/23/2005)
        
        There's a little more to the story. Our son, Shane, was hit by a car when he was riding his bike - back
Re: Like Getting HIt By a Truck (by Duncan Smeed at 10/21/2005)

Whoa! I am extremely relieved that you suffered less damage than the truck Seth. Take care, Duncan
RE: Like Getting Hit By a Truck (by Terry Frazier at 10/21/2005)

This is really ugly. And scary. Glad you weren't injured. What a bunch of jackoffs. I've wondered how
- RE: Like Getting Hit By a Truck (by Seth Dillingham at 10/21/2005)
  
  On 10/21/05, Terry Frazier said: >This is really ugly. And scary. Glad you weren't injured. Thanks,
Not The First Time I've Been HIt (by Seth Dillingham at 10/21/2005)

Some of you already know, but may have forgotten, that this isn't the first time I've been hit. A year
- Re: Not The First Time I've Been HIt (by Mark Morgan at 10/21/2005)
  
  Goodness! I was hit by a car when I was in high school. It put me off bike riding for a long time. I

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