Once you let fear (even the slightest thought) inside your mind you're done riding, you will never get over it. I was in a near fatal bike accident in Tampa in December of 92, docs told my wife to call relatives because they didn't think that I'd make it through the night. Wasn't as bad as they thought as I walked out of the hospital on crutches a day after the accident. Leathers, gloves and a good helmet saved my life and my skin as I slid through the intersection of Memorial Hwy and W Hillsborough Ave doing about 55 mph after I T-boned an old man that told the cops he thought I had slowed down to let him across 4 lanes of traffic. I am most thankful that I remember nothing about that accident.
There are parts of it he doesn't remember but he remembers what initially caused it. In this case it's a good thing cause he knows it was a mechanical issue and not something he did wrong. He doesn't remember anything from after he got himself over the barrier to right after they got him into the track medical center. This track is cool because when there are on track activities going on, they have an ER doc in the med center and 2 ALS ambulances trackside. Their rules, and the rules at most tracks, is that both ambulances have to be ready to go or the track is shut down until they are ready. This place has a top notch staff and, if I ever have a bad accident on track, I'd prefer it to be at that track.
Once you let fear (even the slightest thought) inside your mind you're done riding, you will never get over it. I was in a near fatal bike accident in Tampa in December of 92, docs told my wife to call relatives because they didn't think that I'd make it through the night. Wasn't as bad as they thought as I walked out of the hospital on crutches a day after the accident. Leathers, gloves and a good helmet saved my life and my skin as I slid through the intersection of Memorial Hwy and W Hillsborough Ave doing about 55 mph after I T-boned an old man that told the cops he thought I had slowed down to let him across 4 lanes of traffic. I am most thankful that I remember nothing about that accident.
There are parts of it he doesn't remember but he remembers what initially caused it. In this case it's a good thing cause he knows it was a mechanical issue and not something he did wrong. He doesn't remember anything from after he got himself over the barrier to right after they got him into the track medical center. This track is cool because when there are on track activities going on, they have an ER doc in the med center and 2 ALS ambulances trackside. Their rules, and the rules at most tracks, is that both ambulances have to be ready to go or the track is shut down until they are ready. This place has a top notch staff and, if I ever have a bad accident on track, I'd prefer it to be at that track.
