youtube: First day out with the new camera.
Almost head on collision with a motorist who didn't see me already on the roundabout.

Many thanks to all the people who helped me that day. The guy in the sandles was amazing and calmly took charge of everything. He was walking by at the time of the crash.

I bounced off my face pretty hard and then flipped over a couple of times, landing quite a distance from my bike.

Cracked the helmet and somehow cracked the soles of my cycle shoes.
Luckily sustained mostly cuts and bruises, a suspected broken nose which is healing, a couple of fractured fingers, road rash and a black eye!

The camera performed flawlessly and continued working all through the incident.

This is just a short clip. The original footage continues as police arrive and paramedic checks me over before taking me to the hospital.

As soon as he crossed that give way line I knew it was coming.

The location of the incident: http://tinyurl.com/38o373g

http://www.stop-smidsy.org.uk

The media like to portray things as a kind of 'war', cyclist against motorist because it sounds dramatic. But it isn't like that at all. There are bad drivers and bad cyclists, it's just that bad driving tends to have a larger effect. Most cyclists, me included are also drivers.

Also.... Car Tax VED is not 'Road Tax', it is Vehicle Excise duty and based on emissions, nothing to do with roads. A Prius pays zero VED.... do they have no right to be on the road? :)