Comments | jbdeboer: Van Ness at Turk

jbdeboer

Van Ness at Turk

Oct 10, 2007 00:05

The worse part is that I don't remember what happened. I have spent a good deal of time going over it in my head, always coming up blank. I was on my way to the climbing gym; going down the hill on Van Ness. At Eddy, I had gotten a head start on traffic and had a green light at the next intersection. If I kept up to traffic speed, I could hit ( Read more... )

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threefoldplace October 10 2007, 12:22:32 UTC

I find it rather ironic you made it across the country without a scratch and got hit during a short bike ride.

I'm glad you were wearing a helmet--you were an item of "thanksgiving" in church on Sunday.

Hope you're recovering OK. I'm looking forward to a hug on Friday/Saturday am.

Mom

threefoldplace October 10 2007, 19:37:24 UTC

This is not ironic. It is a bit funny, maybe an odd happening, but not ironic in the real sense of the word.

Now, if JD had been heading to a party that was celebrating his massive journey across Canada without any cycling injuries or accidents and then this happened--boom, irony.

holdenk October 10 2007, 16:24:23 UTC

*hugs*

lambda_calculus October 10 2007, 17:05:39 UTC

I for one bow down to our still-alive JamesDeBoer overlords.

jbdeboer October 10 2007, 17:44:26 UTC

So I looked up the stats on that. In San Francisco, on average, 1 cyclist is injured in traffic every day; only 2 are killed each year. My odds are still pretty good there. Bicyclists are much safer than pedestrians.

lambda_calculus October 10 2007, 19:36:03 UTC

WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?

quikchange October 11 2007, 03:35:03 UTC

Where'd you look this up? What are the stats on pedestrians? Did you compare on a per-capita basis, since there are more pedestrians?

chickygirl1985 October 11 2007, 21:02:20 UTC

Wow! Glad to hear you're alright!