Hit by a Drunk Driver
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 9:38 pm
Let me tell you a story about a boy who was hit by a drunk driver.
The young lad was cycling on his way to baseball practice. He was following the existing traffic laws and it was a nice, sunny day. Suddenly, he found himself about 25-30' away from the road, lying next to a sapling and surrounded by a multitude of public servants. Somehow, his mother had been contacted and she arrived on the scene shortly after that. The boy suffered no apparent injuries (amazing just how resiliant a young body can be), but was taken home anyway, despite his insistence that he continue on to baseball practice. His bike wasn't damaged, either, although the handlebars were knocked out of alignment.
Yes, this is a true story; it happened some 40 years ago. That young boy was me. To this day, I cannot remember a thing from just before the impact to the time I came to.
The young lad was cycling on his way to baseball practice. He was following the existing traffic laws and it was a nice, sunny day. Suddenly, he found himself about 25-30' away from the road, lying next to a sapling and surrounded by a multitude of public servants. Somehow, his mother had been contacted and she arrived on the scene shortly after that. The boy suffered no apparent injuries (amazing just how resiliant a young body can be), but was taken home anyway, despite his insistence that he continue on to baseball practice. His bike wasn't damaged, either, although the handlebars were knocked out of alignment.
Yes, this is a true story; it happened some 40 years ago. That young boy was me. To this day, I cannot remember a thing from just before the impact to the time I came to.
Hmm and that was back in the days when steel bumpers where in place and not these high-crumple plastic bumpers! 
I do know a little something about being hit by a drunk driver...Happened last year on my Harley, hit me from the rear!![[img]http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL4 ... .jpg[/img]](%5Bimg%5Dhttp%3A//pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL431/789523/1475846/251093550.jpg%5B/img%5D){kind=link}