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[andyiow]

Have not been able to drive my Omega for nearly 7 weeks now and waiting to be given the go ahead, I hope, next week to start driving again.

Was involved in an RTA and from what I have been told someone decided that me cycling in a road pinch point chicane was not on and came into it. I took aviding action, as you would, only to come of worse. Injuries to me were broken left wrist, cuts to eyebrow and eyelids (made me look like I had been in a boxing match), large scratches to knees and left elbow and memory loss of about 7 days with another 7-10 days of a dreamy state. Was also resusatated at the scene.

If it was not for the helmet I may not even of been here today as my head impacted into a brick wall at about 20-25mph as it was downhill slope and I am no lightwieght.

Plaster came of the wrist this morning and currently only have about 20% movement of it and doing physio to get it working better. Only just got back to my own house as doing thing with one hand not easy (broke a couple of my parents plates as I was staying there). Worse thing, apart from not driving, is that I had just started a new job 5 weeks before that so I have spent more time off work that at work and really missing it.

On the positive side I am on holiday in a weeks time in Devon so need to get the wrist working so I can drive down there,

[Del Boy]

Glad your ok mate get well soon.

[Entwood]

Glad to hear you are on the mend .. take it easy .. could have been a lot worse ..

 

[iainb]

Good to hear you on the mend, best wishes to you!

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Thank goodness you survived that dreadful accident and are now recovering from it Andy to start driving your miggy again! 8-)

Take it easy when you get back behind the wheel for the drive down to Devon and have a good time.  You deserve it!!

[woodsy_mv6]

As a cyclist myself it frustrates me to see/hear of  drivers not properly respecting cyclists (although its a two way street and there are plenty of irrisponsible cyclists out there aswell, don't get me wrong).

Sounds like you got off lucky. All the best for a speedy recovery....a nice holiday should help that thought

[Kate]

Best wishes from me.  It'll get better soon, no worries!

[Pete Elite]

  Hi Andy,
             Glad your making a speedy recovery as it sounded pretty bad mate .

                  The moral of this story i think is [size=12]don't ride a bicycle on today's roads[/size][/u] .

[andyiow]

Thank goodness you survived that dreadful accident and are now recovering from it Andy to start driving your miggy again! 8-)

Take it easy when you get back behind the wheel for the drive down to Devon and have a good time.  You deserve it!!

Its been driven by my neighbour a few times so it still works, however he did have a thought when passed by a police car when towing a 12ft trailer full of furniture that was I old enough to pass the test when no extra licence required for trailers. It did cause chaos in Southampton on a Saturday when they were playing at home. Car 16ft + trailer 12ft(+3ft tow hitch ) makes for interesting driving in narrow rounds .

As a cyclist myself it frustrates me to see/hear of  drivers not properly respecting cyclists (although its a two way street and there are plenty of irrisponsible cyclists out there aswell, don't get me wrong).

I quite agree, I have seen many cycle down roads at night with no lights and wearing black clothing, go across pelican crossing when someone is crossing and zip on and off pavements.

I can not understand why so many refuse to wear a helmet on the roads, a friend when working in a hospital said that of 20 patients in a head tramua unit 18 were from bike accidents and only 1 of those had worn a helmet. At the time of the accident I had helmet, gloves, lights on front and back as well as a flourescent coat. All of which neeed to be replaced but the bike seems to be ok, however its in a bike shop being professionally checked over for repair costs.

As someone who has never claimed on any type of insurance its a minefield when you start :-/  :-?

[Lazydocker]

Glad to hear you're on the road to recovery Andy... I hope they stopped and left their details?

[Jay w]

Thank goodness you survived that dreadful accident and are now recovering from it Andy to start driving your miggy again! 8-)

Take it easy when you get back behind the wheel for the drive down to Devon and have a good time.  You deserve it!!

Its been driven by my neighbour a few times so it still works, however he did have a thought when passed by a police car when towing a 12ft trailer full of furniture that was I old enough to pass the test when no extra licence required for trailers. It did cause chaos in Southampton on a Saturday when they were playing at home. Car 16ft + trailer 12ft(+3ft tow hitch ) makes for interesting driving in narrow rounds .

As a cyclist myself it frustrates me to see/hear of  drivers not properly respecting cyclists (although its a two way street and there are plenty of irrisponsible cyclists out there aswell, don't get me wrong).

I quite agree, I have seen many cycle down roads at night with no lights and wearing black clothing, go across pelican crossing when someone is crossing and zip on and off pavements.

I can not understand why so many refuse to wear a helmet on the roads, a friend when working in a hospital said that of 20 patients in a head tramua unit 18 were from bike accidents and only 1 of those had worn a helmet. At the time of the accident I had helmet, gloves, lights on front and back as well as a flourescent coat. All of which neeed to be replaced but the bike seems to be ok, however its in a bike shop being professionally checked over for repair costs.

As someone who has never claimed on any type of insurance its a minefield when you start :-/  :-?

[Jay w]

Thank goodness you survived that dreadful accident and are now recovering from it Andy to start driving your miggy again! 8-)

Take it easy when you get back behind the wheel for the drive down to Devon and have a good time.  You deserve it!!

Its been driven by my neighbour a few times so it still works, however he did have a thought when passed by a police car when towing a 12ft trailer full of furniture that was I old enough to pass the test when no extra licence required for trailers. It did cause chaos in Southampton on a Saturday when they were playing at home. Car 16ft + trailer 12ft(+3ft tow hitch ) makes for interesting driving in narrow rounds .

As a cyclist myself it frustrates me to see/hear of  drivers not properly respecting cyclists (although its a two way street and there are plenty of irrisponsible cyclists out there aswell, don't get me wrong).

I quite agree, I have seen many cycle down roads at night with no lights and wearing black clothing, go across pelican crossing when someone is crossing and zip on and off pavements.

I can not understand why so many refuse to wear a helmet on the roads, a friend when working in a hospital said that of 20 patients in a head tramua unit 18 were from bike accidents and only 1 of those had worn a helmet. At the time of the accident I had helmet, gloves, lights on front and back as well as a flourescent coat. All of which neeed to be replaced but the bike seems to be ok, however its in a bike shop being professionally checked over for repair costs.

As someone who has never claimed on any type of insurance its a minefield when you start :-/  :-?

Because it is not seen as trendy, i ride on the roads and have a helmet, but the number of kids i see without them is unreal.

When i ride on the cyclepaths with my daughter she complains about having it on

sorry to hear about your injuries, if it helps the weather next week around here is supposed to be half decent  

[andyiow]

Have found 2 photos
This one is me in the hospital



And this one taken by my Mum when I was asleep.



Jay, to be honest looking forward to looking at different things. Will be staying in Dawlish so not to bad a run to Exeter or Paignton.

[willyboy]

Bloody hell Andy some damage there m8 get well soon bud!

[LaserLance]

Christ you look like you went 10 rounds with Mike Tyson , hope you are a lot better and enjoy your holiday in devon