If they're lucky
If they're not lucky, it's a casket. I've had 2 workmates who've lost the car v. bike matches, fortunately at relatively slow speeds. Both due to driver inattention ("I'd no idea a bike could travel that fast after I passed it and turned directly in front of it!").

One mate went from being a triathlete to being a gimp. The other had a hairline neck fracture that went undiagnosed for several days, she had to be medevac'd from a remote military site after the fracture worsened due to the rough transport ride.
( kila is reading clocks upside-down as usual, Sun 19 Feb 2012, 8:05, 1 reply)

Yep.
Exactly this. And the situation isn't improved by dumbfuck morons who think that running someone off the road is a justifiable thing to do, simply because they consider them to be "in the way" or "not paying road tax" or whatever the lame excuse of the day is.

As a cyclist I understand that some drivers don't like cyclists (and vice versa) - hell, some people act on the road like they don't like anyone... but most people treat other people with respect. The difference is cyclists are human beings who aren't encased in a protective box. They don't have crumple zones, and getting the bodywork replaced is a whole lot harder.
(Captain Skippy pooed in a bag and left it on your doorstep, Sun 19 Feb 2012, 8:22, closed)