Health: Today, I got hit by a car while riding my bike to work. In the...

By thebrokentardis - 22/09/2014 06:45 - United States - Minneapolis

Today, I got hit by a car while riding my bike to work. In the hospital, every single nurse lectured me about how I wouldn't be here if I wore a helmet, which I'm sure would be really helpful to my broken leg. FML

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By cerulean - 10/10/2017 01:30

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By julichlove - 28/12/2014 00:52 - United States - Louisville

Today, I didn't feel like going to work, so I called in sick. Five hours later while out shopping, I got hit by a car at a crosswalk. Now I'm laid-up in the local hospital, really wishing I was with the guys at work. FML

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GeorgeCarter95 16

Monday 22 September 2014 15:36

It wouldn't help your leg, but you should be wearing one!

Jreslier 15

Monday 22 September 2014 15:36

Yeah, you should get a helmet for your leg.

Comments

Britt125 16

Monday 22 September 2014 19:19

Well, you should wear a helmet. Having been hit it should make you think, "what if I had hit my head?", you'd be a lot worse off than you are having broken your leg. But, the lectures about how it would have kept you out of the hospital are kind of stupid in this case; they aren't wrong that you should wear a helmet, but it doesn't help your leg.

jkmhawk 2

Monday 22 September 2014 20:19

do you wear a helmet in a car? did you know that there are more head injuries in cars than bicycles and that most of them could be saved by wearing a helmet?

dvnmrgnob 6

Monday 22 September 2014 19:21

Glad you're okay... Buy a helmet for your leg..ok? #seriousface

Whotevah 8

Monday 22 September 2014 19:59

Did that nurse study from the wrong textbook, too?

peacefully84 19

Monday 22 September 2014 20:02

I would've lied and said I had been wearing a helmet to shut them up... and then started wearing a helmet once my leg healed.

TheSoundDefense 8

Monday 22 September 2014 20:12

Fun fact: you are actually more likely to be hit by a car if you're wearing a helmet.

False_Stupidity 41

Monday 22 September 2014 23:21

Is it because your more noticeable and you give something for the drivers to aim at?

Nyx7 24

Tuesday 23 September 2014 23:15

Woo! 10 points on the biker!

massie91 7

Monday 22 September 2014 20:19

oh the irony

sybe112 14

Monday 22 September 2014 20:32

I agree with you not wearing a helmet, who the **** dous exept for tourists... you'd look like a moron who can't bike

Anikaaaaa 31

Monday 22 September 2014 21:00

You sound like someone from the Netherlands. That's our opinion of people with helmets as well haha. But I get wearing a helmet in some cities where there are no cycling lanes and stuff like that.