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Stupid Chick's Lucky
This reminded me of the time I was hit by a car on my bike when I was 15. The part that stuck out was the fact that she was wearing headphones and presumably listening to music at the time. I was too and it's precisely the reason I didn't hear or pay attention to the teenager driving his Mom's car down my usually deserted block. It was totally my fault and it's a good thing I wasn't more seriously injured than a scrape and bruise (I too wasn't wearing a helmet). I think many bike riders feel they should be treated with the same care as pedestrians, when they are NOT pedestrians. They are not quite motorists but they can only expect as much attention as they give to the vehicles around them. If they're not paying attention, or protecting themselves, or observing the rules of the road they shouldn't see a situation like this one as an 'accident'. It was sort of inevitable.— February 2, 2011 1:25 p.m.