Geoff, I am so sorry to hear about your crash and glad to hear Marian is OK.
His insurnace will cover it all won't it? Ken.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Semon" <gsemon@...>
To: <sydneytandems@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 12:19 PM
Subject: [sydneytandems] Riders down


> Well after riding tandems for 16yrs without a single crash, finally got
> taken out by a car on Saturday afternoon.
> Marian fortunately is ok with only a bit of skin off her left knee. I'm a
> bit worse for wear. I landed on the point of my shoulder and seem to have
> a
> torn rotator cuff. I was taken to Prince of Wales for x-rays, tetanus shot
> and a clean up. Nothings broken and my AC joint looks OK which is the main
> thing. Right thumb was hyper extended and at the moment still
> non-functional
> so I have a left hand that works on an arm that doesn't and right hand
> that
> doesn't work on and an arm that does. This I am finding, is not a good
> combination. Elastic waistbands help.
> What happened? We were riding along Norton Street heading toward
> Parramatta
> Rd and as we were going to be turning right we were passing the cars that
> were stopped at the red light. We were riding along the centre line as
> there
> was no on-coming traffic towards a spot that I could see at the head of
> the
> queue. Moron in car decides to drive to the lane that was 20 metres ahead
> on
> the right hand side so he can avoid some traffic. This would mean that he
> would be crossing a double line and driving on the wrong side of the road
> to
> get there. Unfortunately for us, he pulled out when we were within a meter
> of him. We were only doing about 10kms an hour and his car only moved
> about
> 1.5m but this was enough to take out the front wheel causing us to crash
> on
> our left side.
> Lots of witnesses came to help and gave us their details. The driver was
> extremely apologetic and kept asking if there was anything that he could
> do.
> We made an event report at Ashfield police station on our way home from
> the
> hospital. They will be contacting the driver soon? and charging him with
> something. I'll get the tandem taken up to Ashfield cycles today and get
> it
> assessed for damage.
> Any ideas as to the best way to make a claim for damages? any
> recommendations (pm) for solicitors?
>
> Just off for some ultra-sounds so the shoulder guy can make an assessment
> of
> what to do next.
>
> Cheers
>
> Geoff
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