Yes.
I have been hit by a motorcycle coming
from opposite direction last week
and have fractured my left
leg ankle. My long experience on the road says it
is a
very freak accident and something
like one that can happen
in billion crossings. One
reason the people go for car
because they consider it
safer being inside a box. I still
feel the cycling
should be encouraged and
more awareness about
its advantages so that it
becomes more safer.
I
was taken to my family Doc, Dr
KGBhat who summoned a 108 ambulance
and sent to Yenapoya Hospital Deralakatte. Dr Aravind who
examined me decided
to put the left leg in cast for 45 days.
So I will confined to my room for next one and
half months with minimal walking
around the room with help of a walker.
Till the
very last moment the motorcyclist
was in his side & suddenly took a turn
for simply unexplainable
reason. He had crossed almost entire
width of road before hitting me and in
my absence, would have ended up in the ditch.
There was no traffic on wide
tarroad about 2.5 km from my home.
My
left leg locked
in and pedals
took major impact.
The pedals have been split open and trike
cross beam is broken. One
chainring also seem to have been bent. I
have not examined properly
and trike frame will need both
straitening and welding. Hope I
can get it repaired.
I
have spent considerable part of my savings in getting this trike
and this is a major loss to me. Past four
months I was going everywhere in
trike or bus and have stopped driving totally.
It was not insured as insurance people normally
play by books. I hoped I can get part of repairing expenses from that guy
but most of
the gathered people
were not supporting me. I was not in mood for long fight and
decided not to file FIR
also.
I
was confined to bed for
four months after
crashing hangglider and just twenty days to go for 20th (re)birthday. Then I used walker to learn
walking again and now is using walker for
minimum walks within my
room.
I
am sad
that it happens when
I relieved of farm and family commitments
and had decided to put more effort for
cycling cause. It is good for health, saves us
from pollution and spending
foreign exchange on buying
oil. When it comes to manufacturing it is still as if India manufactures only Ambassador and Fiat. This
year finance minister imposes heavy taxation on cycles and
if I get my trike today it will cost Rupees 80,000 extra as USD has become expensive
and taxes doubled.
