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(first of all i dunno if im posting this in the right place please re-direct me if i am)

So know this is a write of passage into grom hood,i offically passed it today and wanted to share what it was like and was wondering what your first car hit was like.

Okay so im doing my slide hill practising stand ups so I can do them and show gabe next time we go skating.

and a car pulls up behind me going kinda slow, i can tell they wanna overtake so i go to move into the oncoming lane, there was no oncoming traffic.

Wrong move.

The car goes to the oncoming lane to avoid me, we go at the same time.

My leg goes under the car, i hit the ground and get draged a few meters till it stops.

I see my brand new detta under the wheel and freak the fuck out.

Tell the guy not to worry about me and to reverse straight away.

The dettas fine.

Oh and as for me, just a bad bruise on my pushing leg :( but other than that im drinking some concret and hardening the fuck up.

So what about you guys? What was your first time like?

Arthur, Official Grom Long boarder... as of today.

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Comment by The Dave on December 16, 2010 at 12:46

That sounds pretty gnar, despite you downplaying it. Never go into the oncoming lane. If they want to overtake they should go around you on the right. Remember that if you're on a road without a dividing line you are legally entitled to be there and pulling over to the left is really as much as you should be expected to do. Be careful out there, kid.

 

My only car incident has been sideswiping some poor schmuck because I was watching a police car insted of speed-checking like I should have been doing. Silly. No harm done apart from freaking out the driver something shocking. 


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Comment by Robert-Da-Bomb on December 16, 2010 at 12:56

wtf, seems like the car was extremely close to you to hit you.
Next time, try doing hand signals when theres a car behind you, thats what i do.
left arm out for left, right arm out for right, flat hand to tell them to keep behind me and the middle finger if they are being a fucktard and honking when all i need to do is go from a bike lane through the round about back into a bike lane. then theres always the flick of the hand to tell them to go past.


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Comment by Benbro on December 16, 2010 at 15:17

hitting a car is somthing we all avoid,not somthing were proud of.....

i think you are on the list of only a small handful of skaters that have actually hit a car....and survived to tell the tale....dont think many guys are gunna share their first time with you,because theres noone out there hitting cars.

think yourself lucky this time and get your shit dialled or die...


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Comment by Gabe on December 16, 2010 at 15:37

what benbro said...

Comment by leighgriffiths on December 16, 2010 at 16:03

never hit a car in the 3.5 years i've been skating. never want to either.


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Comment by Shannon on December 16, 2010 at 16:34

Ive placed my gloves on a car once (couldn't quite complete the footbreak after they overtook me to cut me off to turn left into a drive way).

I have never hit a car, and never want to.

Comment by Kanufi on December 16, 2010 at 16:35
After that I would be a bit freaked out. Close call dude.

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Comment by bernie on December 16, 2010 at 17:58

I don't suppose anyone wants to join the dots to cops getting grumpy with skaters on the roads....anyone???

Comment by leighgriffiths on December 16, 2010 at 18:00

Bernie I've seen cyclists do far worse things on the road than what this kid did. only difference is any illegal decisions cyclists make are only considered minor traffic offenses, to which cops don't tend to pay any attention to.


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Comment by BJ on December 16, 2010 at 18:31
I would like to know what the driver said to you and what you said to the driver.

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