January 10, 2014 1:38 AM PST
Wow, we'll you were a veteran rite front the start! I was hit by a car April 18th 2013 (not on the bike) by a drunk driver. I am a tow truck driver and was pulling a car out of a flooded viaduct, after I got it out I was unhooking it and just when I was don't I was hit out of nowhere by a drunk driver that was I guess so drunk he didn't see the blue flashing lights from the squad car that was blocking the road. Anyways he hit me, and so hard I was knocked out of my clothes, really! When I landed I had on only my underwear, socks, and t-shirt. Lol, I was in bad shape but not as bad as it could have been. Fast forward the long story I'm back on my feet and walking again, but before I could even walk I was back on the bike. I was determined to make it to the Freedom Run here is Illinois. I could ride but not walk so I needed a rig to hold my crutches. Yeah I figured it out, a 2' piece of 4" PVC pipe wire tied to my frame and stuck the crutches in and made two holes on either side to hold them in with a bungee cord so they wouldn't fly out. It was the best feeling to be on my bike again and not even be able to walk without crutches, shit it was still hard to even get on the bike but I did it and once I was on I felt almost like nothing was wrong with me, I felt like me again. So..... I liked your story and I'm glad I didn't stop you from doing what you loved.
Everybody says bikes are dangerous but hey I could have lived life by all the rules and did everything sake and I still got hit while I was working to take care of my family by a drunk driver that I didn't even know was coming not did I expect it with the police road block and all, so I say live like you want to live and do what you want to do and whatever happens is going to happen. I'm glad my guardian angel (mom, r.i.p.) was with me that day so I could be back in the saddle again!
