My fuzzy take on falling off my bike in the middle of rush hour traffic and why I got away with minor injuries
In a somewhat ironic turn of events, not 36 hours after my safe winter riding stories went online on Driven.co.nz I was staring at my bike as it lay on top of me in the middle of rush hour traffic. While statistically having an accident causing injury on a motorcycle is supposedly quite high, this was the first time I’d come off in my 7 years of riding. Something that I didn’t believe was likely however was the kindness and care from fellow motorists that came to my aid in my time of need. While I can’t go into details of how I ended up in such a position (insurance is still to come through etc) I can say that my position wasn’t at all one to be envied. There I was, lying on the center lane of Auckland’s Southern Motorway, a large truck stopped feet away with all 200 + Kgs of my motorbike lying on my right leg. The first thought going through my mind was ‘damn, I’m holding up the motorway, I’ve got to get back on my bike’. Looking back it was a weird thought b...