Blood on a bike
Just before christmas 2006 I broke my nose for a second time. I generally work as a Motorcycle courier when I can be bothered to get out of bed of a morning and I was doing this that fate full day.

I was riding a 400BROS for work at the time with a huge screen on the front for weather protection.

Driving down Commercial road towards the Aldgate I turned into Backchurch lane which always seems to have cars parked on either side reduces the available space to drive down to one lane. There was a big silver Mercedes in front of me which had stopped as a Transit van was coming towards us and as I slowed down behind it I pulled out my XDA to have a quick look at it. As I looked there was a fucking huge bang and it felt like I'd been kicked in the head, blood sprayed every where. Over my face my bike the Merc absolutely every where. I got off the bike not being able to see due to the blood in my eyes and had to take off my Arai that was also covered with blood, wiped my face to discover that somehow I'd hit the Merc which was all a bit confusing as it had been about 20 foot in front of me.

The woman driving the Merc jumped out to see what had happened and turned a bit green at the sight of me, 6 foot long red headed bearded biker built like a brick shit house covered with still flowing blood spitting huge amounts of it every where whenever I said anything. She asked if I needed an Ambulance, when I said no she did a runner even with the back of her car smashed in.

I worked out what had happened after a while. To avoid being hit by the transit van the woman had reversed without looking and hit me, the screen on my bike had gone under my visor and hit the bottom of my nose smashing the cartilage. Serious pain and I still have trouble breathing out of my left nostril.

Sold the bike 6 months later still covered in my blood, seemed wrong to wash it off somehow.
(Sickpup, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 2:23, 6 replies)

What a bitch.
Did the transit guys see it? Did you manage to get any compo out of her?
(JohabMorelli is spenging merrily away, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 12:00, closed)

No witnesses
and no compensation. At the time I was glad she did a runner, very hard to prove someone reversed into you.
(Sickpup, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 13:10, closed)

Alright Sickpup
Nice to see some other BCF'ers on here :)
(Half of Stephen Fry's right buttock pissed on your dog on, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 14:54, closed)

But...
which one are you?
(Sickpup, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 15:02, closed)

BCF
You say? :D
(WittyUsernameHere, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 18:08, closed)

No mystery
we know who you are...
(Sickpup, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 18:32, closed)