Agreed. Having been run over by a large truck while biking to work changed plenty of things for me. Aside from being the living example of the 'bus factor' on m

Agreed. Having been run over by a large truck while biking to work changed plenty of things for me. Aside from being the living example of the 'bus factor' on my team, convalescing was a huge change in the way I normally do things, not being able to bike, climb, play with my son, or even just tidy up was initially maddening, but ultimately valuable. Also knowing that the social contract is real, that first responders were there in five minutes to get me out from under the truck and to the hospital, surgeons managed to bolt most of me back together, and people from all walks of life were willing to help hold doors and so on for someone in a wheelchair. I'm back on the bike now, and I do feel much, much more conscious of how little it would take for someone driving distractedly again to take me out for good.