Bummer, Geoff! Every time we ride we roll our eyes at stupid things
that car drivers do. Seems it's only a matter of time, doesn't it.
Glad injuries weren't too bad. How's the bike?

Tracey and Marc

--- In sydneytandems@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Williams"
<kenbwilliams@...> wrote:
>
> 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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