I've been worrying a bit lately about this up coming semester. I've got a Math, English, World History 2, Geology and "success and study skills" class. I have been at AB-Tech for close to four years! Why the hell do I need a success and study skills class?? That class doesn't even deserve to be capitalized... I'm looking forward to my English and History class, I like writing and history. Hopefully this English class will improve my writing. I decided to go reminisce on my first few blog posts a few minutes ago... I was terrible! back then. I really hope I'm better now, I'm not so sure though.
Ever since my bicycle accident I have been hassling the driver's insurance company to repair my bike and for medical coverage. They told me they sent a check for my bike about a week ago but as of today I didn't get it! I was getting pretty pissed, shouldn't take that long to deal with this shit. Well, I also received a lot of mail from lawyers wanting to represent me over this accident and I ended up finding that insurance check hidden among the lawyers' letters which I likely had a few days ago. I was so relieved after finding that. It must have gotten mixed up the day that I got 5+ pieces of mail from lawyers, it's been ridiculous, those lawyers are on top of shit when it goes down! I'm nearly done paying people back for helping me buy my bike. So excited to have money, money that I owe to no one!
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Fist of iron, car of plastic.
About a week ago I bought a road bicycle! One of my good friends, Ryan is really into bicycle racing and he had a lot of influence on my decision to get a road bike. I also wanted a bike for commuting so it wasn't purely of his influence. I found a really good deal on Craigslist, $650 but I managed to get it down to $600, I was quite excited about that. It's made by Fuji. It's red and black and beautiful. I have been considering getting into racing myself but I have yet to make much of a commitment towards that goal.
I've never had a bike this nice before and I have very little experience riding on the road and so I was also somewhat naive when I first started riding. This became extremely apparent as I was crashing into a car less than a week ago. I have been trying to get more comfortable at going faster and so I found myself flying down Victoria Rd going about 20-25 mph which is about the speed limit there although cars always go a good deal faster on it. As I was headed from downtown going towards ABTech I saw this white car on my right pull up ahead of me at a stop sign on a side street looking to turn left, coming my direction. I of course thought little of this as I had the right of way since he had a stop sign and I could easily make it past him without having to worry about him pulling out since I was so close. As I drew nearer, maybe 60-70 ft away, I saw that he was an older guy, maybe about 70, which sowed seeds of doubt into my mind... I should have heeded those thoughts. I was about 30 feet away when I started to see signs of him pulling out... right in front me! I thought I was done for. I've never been in a bicycle accident but I never imagined it turning out very well for the cyclist. Between my braking and him mover further out in the lane I managed to avoid the majority of his car, at least the majority of my body avoided most of his car. I glanced off the side of his car after my fist left a sizable dent on the rear left side of the car near the tail light. I then proceeded to veer off into a nice soft grassy hill, narrowly clearing a stop sign. The guy was nice enough to stop, I would half expect most people nowadays to just drive off but he came to make sure I was ok, etc. Apparently he didn't see me... I believed him. But really! if you're at a stop sign looking to see if the way is clear aren't you going to beware of any object hurtling toward you at high speeds?! Hopefully he will be in the future, lest he wants a matching dent on the other side of his car. The worst part has been his insurance company... This is my first instance where I've had to deal with an insurance company and I'm not keen on it. The repairs to my bike were a whooping $67.40!!! so much money right?! (insert sarcasm here) and so far the insurance has been investigating the case... for over 6 days now! They heard my story and now they are in the process, from the last I heard (5 days ago), of talking to the man I hit, the insured. My question is why has it taken them so long? I'm calling them tomorrow. I had to front the money for my bike so I could continue to ride it and I'm ready to be reimbursed... There will be hell to pay!!!
I've never had a bike this nice before and I have very little experience riding on the road and so I was also somewhat naive when I first started riding. This became extremely apparent as I was crashing into a car less than a week ago. I have been trying to get more comfortable at going faster and so I found myself flying down Victoria Rd going about 20-25 mph which is about the speed limit there although cars always go a good deal faster on it. As I was headed from downtown going towards ABTech I saw this white car on my right pull up ahead of me at a stop sign on a side street looking to turn left, coming my direction. I of course thought little of this as I had the right of way since he had a stop sign and I could easily make it past him without having to worry about him pulling out since I was so close. As I drew nearer, maybe 60-70 ft away, I saw that he was an older guy, maybe about 70, which sowed seeds of doubt into my mind... I should have heeded those thoughts. I was about 30 feet away when I started to see signs of him pulling out... right in front me! I thought I was done for. I've never been in a bicycle accident but I never imagined it turning out very well for the cyclist. Between my braking and him mover further out in the lane I managed to avoid the majority of his car, at least the majority of my body avoided most of his car. I glanced off the side of his car after my fist left a sizable dent on the rear left side of the car near the tail light. I then proceeded to veer off into a nice soft grassy hill, narrowly clearing a stop sign. The guy was nice enough to stop, I would half expect most people nowadays to just drive off but he came to make sure I was ok, etc. Apparently he didn't see me... I believed him. But really! if you're at a stop sign looking to see if the way is clear aren't you going to beware of any object hurtling toward you at high speeds?! Hopefully he will be in the future, lest he wants a matching dent on the other side of his car. The worst part has been his insurance company... This is my first instance where I've had to deal with an insurance company and I'm not keen on it. The repairs to my bike were a whooping $67.40!!! so much money right?! (insert sarcasm here) and so far the insurance has been investigating the case... for over 6 days now! They heard my story and now they are in the process, from the last I heard (5 days ago), of talking to the man I hit, the insured. My question is why has it taken them so long? I'm calling them tomorrow. I had to front the money for my bike so I could continue to ride it and I'm ready to be reimbursed... There will be hell to pay!!!
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