I'm at a left hand light turning onto the Expressway, and it flips green. I make my turn, and my back wheel slides. I overbalance to the right, and down I go, on my right hand side. Shoulder, then head. My bike flies forward, I skid into the other lane on my back. Fortunately, I was at the front of the line (no, not splitting it), and the cars were able to see me in time. I don't even want to think what could have happened had I been immersed in traffic.
I was an idiot and took my helmet off. I did a quick mental check, and felt okay, but mostly I was concerned that my scooter was dead, or that a car wouldn't see me, so I lifted my head to stand up. I hear someone come up behind me, yelling at me to stay down on the ground. He did the same thing I'd do to anyone else, and positioned my head straight. Mind you, it's pouring rain.
A few folks stopped, someone called 911. I kept telling them I didn't want an ambulance (student budget
) They really brought out the band with three police cruisers, two firetrucks, and an ambulance. I actually felt guilty over all this, since I felt perfectly fine, just really annoyed I was missing my class.Long story short, the bike is okay. The kind people who showed concern and really took care of me are in my thoughts, I wish I could thank them. The officers were very nice, the paramedics as well.
I'm just SO glad Montgomery still runs. Today I woke up, bruised up and down my side (and some of my left leg, NO clue where that came from), and sore as hell. But it's good that it wasn't more serious!
