Originally Posted by halfpint

Yep I learned a good lesson when I had my bike accident I had a Lid on but I had no gloves or no leather and the crash was only a 35mph accident when a woman reversed out of her drive and Did not see me coming down the road(or did not bother to look) but I hit the back end of the car and apart from braking my leg all my hands and finger nails were bleeding from road burn as well as my legs Now I always wear leather and gloves even if I go a short distance, but the amount of people I see over here wearing only shorts and a shirt and trainers makes me cringe. If only they knew how quick an accident can happen on a bike, and it dosent matter whether you are doing 90mph or 30mph. I also think that most bike riders are more aware of what is going on around them than car drivers as I tend to find when Im driving my car with the cd on and all tucked up in my little safe warm box I am not concetrating on the road as when I am riding my bike.