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First Bike Accident

So I finally had my first accident on the bike today.

I was turning left from a "turn left at any time with care" lane and was the second vehicle in the queue. I saw a car approaching at a pretty fast speed from the right, followed by no other traffic, so both the car in front and I waited. Then she (the car in front) started to move after it had passed. I did a last check down the road and set off... into the back of the car in front of me.

She'd hit the brakes because the car behind me had suddenly swerved out to overtake us both. I ran into the back of her at low speed, my front tyre bouncing off the back of her bumper and sending my crotch painfully into the tank. Then knowing what happens after you suddenly stop and unsettle a bike, I planted my feet down and caught the bike before it went over.

The bastard behind overtook us both.

As I sat there for a moment, my crotch burning and still slightly in shock that the other car was just driving off, I wondered if the person in front had even realised I'd run into them.

When they got out afterward, she had a look at the damage, sort of shrugged and then grinned, saying don't worry about it. The only damage to her car was a bit of paint that was missing from my tyre having rubbed it off. My bike looked completely fine and neither of us were hurt. I was pretty amazed that she didn't care too much. The car looked almost new and if it were me, I might've demanded some sort of compensation. She didn't take my details and now that I think about it, at no point would she have even seen my plates.

So we both went on our way.