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Wow. That's a good guess because that's pretty much what happened to me. Someone hit me turning right while I was in a crosswalk. Because drivers are so car cen
by hangonhn 9y ago
Wow. That's a good guess because that's pretty much what happened to me. Someone hit me turning right while I was in a crosswalk. Because drivers are so car centric, all she did was check that there were no cars coming from her left and immediately started her right turn even though I was in the crossroad already. She had a yield, which she failed to do. (They later made that an actual stop sign. Probably because too many pedestrians were getting hit?)
Know what the craziest part of the experience? The car wasn't even moving that fast but because cars had so much mass there was an enormous transfer of energy that resulted in a "bumper fracture" for me and pushed me so hard that my foot ripped through the top sole of my running shoes.
I've largely recovered but I've never been able to run as fast I used to. Up until day I was breaking various personal best times in running and had actually finished third in my age group in a local 10km race earlier that year. That was the peak of my running ability and it's been a struggle to get back to it ever since.