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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
1:31:00 PM EDT
Hearing Nothing at the moment
Here you go:
A white paneled delivery truck ran over a UW-Madison graduate student's head on Division Street Friday afternoon and, except for a concussion, he wasn't hurt.
Ryan Lipscomb, 26, said he was riding his bicycle pretty fast down the East Isthmus Bike Path where it parallels Eastwood Drive on Madison's east side just before 3 p.m. Eastwood had a green light, so the crosswalk for the bike path showed a white walk sign, Lipscomb said.
He saw the large truck, the kind that usually makes deliveries to offices, coming down Eastwood, preparing to make a right turn onto Division Street. Lipscomb said he could tell the truck wasn't going to stop. So Lipscomb slammed on his brakes, flipping his bike and throwing himself into the street. He landed right at the intersection of Eastwood and Division.
The truck ran over his head.
And the dude survived. With only a concussion. Amazing.
You just know that sales of that particular brand of bicycle helmet just went through the roof.
Ironically, this story comes just a couple days after a story that suggests that bicycle helmets actually attract cars and trucks, because drivers of said vehicles see the helmet and assume that the biker is safer to get close to, because he or she is protected. Be that as it may, as the first article shows, 'tis better to have a helmet on than not.
Also: Yes, there's a picture of the squashed helmet. You need to take a look at that stuff.
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1:31:00 PM EDT
Hearing Nothing at the moment
In Case You Needed Motivation to Wear a Bicycle Helmet
Here you go:
A white paneled delivery truck ran over a UW-Madison graduate student's head on Division Street Friday afternoon and, except for a concussion, he wasn't hurt.
Ryan Lipscomb, 26, said he was riding his bicycle pretty fast down the East Isthmus Bike Path where it parallels Eastwood Drive on Madison's east side just before 3 p.m. Eastwood had a green light, so the crosswalk for the bike path showed a white walk sign, Lipscomb said.
He saw the large truck, the kind that usually makes deliveries to offices, coming down Eastwood, preparing to make a right turn onto Division Street. Lipscomb said he could tell the truck wasn't going to stop. So Lipscomb slammed on his brakes, flipping his bike and throwing himself into the street. He landed right at the intersection of Eastwood and Division.
The truck ran over his head.
And the dude survived. With only a concussion. Amazing.
You just know that sales of that particular brand of bicycle helmet just went through the roof.
Ironically, this story comes just a couple days after a story that suggests that bicycle helmets actually attract cars and trucks, because drivers of said vehicles see the helmet and assume that the biker is safer to get close to, because he or she is protected. Be that as it may, as the first article shows, 'tis better to have a helmet on than not.
Also: Yes, there's a picture of the squashed helmet. You need to take a look at that stuff.
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I wasn't wearing one when I crashed... concussion.
I'm fine now, though :-p
5/15/07 11:28 PM
I remember when I was in high school there was a motorcycle accident in front of our school. He had a helmet but unfortunately they took it off before they x-rayed...he head fell apart when they did & swelled & he died! Ick! Of course that was a few decades ago so hopefully they have improved them since.