Sunday...

The Rabid Transit fairing I lost out on was re-listed. I bid on it again, and re-bid minutes before the auction ended, but I didn't win it.. Guess that just wasn't meant to be.. again I am disappointed.. Plan was to remove and sell the fairing that came on the R100 RT (Big money for fairing parts) and install the Transit fairing... would have made money in the end, and ended up with what was more in line with what I had originally.. oh well.. There is a fairing on the bike, and maybe another Transit will turn up some day..

I have to figure out how to list things for sale on e Bay. Need to thin out the storage area.. damn little room left in there..

I am somewhat troubled by the stuff that was in my truck.. Think there was plenty of stuff in there that I will never see again.. video cam, my survival kit, gps (with all my way points), tools, and no doubt hundreds of other things which I have yet to think about.. I try not to think about it much.. just upsetting when I do..

Next Doctor appointment is just a few days away.. 19th. I think.. I am doing better with walking.. I still carry a cane, and am limping some, but that should pass with doing more walking and exercise.. I think it is time to ask him about driving.. I think there should not be a problem there, but who knows.. I miss driving.. always liked doing it, and I sure don't make a good passenger..

Been over the road where this nightmare began numerous times in the past months and have kinda re-evaluated my theory of what happened.. I thought that perhaps the other driver had fallen asleep, but after looking at both vehicles and the damage to them I don't think that was the case.. It appears to me that some last ditch attempt at evading the impact was made by him.. Looks to me, by the damage to the front end of my truck, he tried to do a hard right turn (his right) at the last second..

I am certainly no professional accident investigator, but there are some things I think are very obvious..

He was going way too fast for the road he was on. I have no way to guess how fast that was.. I am sure though, that from the time I saw him until the impact was probably much less than a second. I think a reasonable speed for him on that section of road may have been 30 mph. From where I would have been sitting in my truck, watching cars now driving that road at a reasonable safe speed, they are in sight for about 2 seconds. To me that suggests he was way over his head and just ran out of street space.. maybe 50 mph or better? Guess will never know for sure.. Was he just out there doing some "spirited driving" or on the darker side, was he attempting suicide... sometimes I can't help but ponder that..

My truck was as far to the right in my lane as possible.. sidewalls of my tires against the 8" curb. That I think was a good thing.. had the curb been lower my truck may have been able to pop up over it.. had that happened he would have hit me in the left front corner instead of squarely across the entire front of my truck. Less impact area = more penetration into the driver area. As it was, I was wedged in there pretty tightly.. I remember I couldn't turn my head to the right as my face was against the windshield. I would have been screwed if the airbags not functioned. I am so glad there was no fire.. there was a lot of fuel, oil and paint everywhere.. I could never have gotten out on my own.. not much of my body was functioning with ribs, arm, foot, and legs busted up..

Had I not been driving where I was, I think his speed would have caused an impact with the high curbstone hard enough to take out the tires on his left side, and he would have crashed anyway. Maybe have flipped it.. he may have faired better than hitting me, or maybe not.. Just happened that I was in the wrong place at a bad time.

I still have no word as to his condition.. Have heard so many versions of stories, I got no idea as to the truth of the matter.. I do know he has been charged with some driving offenses, has been scheduled for some court appearances, and that he failed to appear at them. I don't know if that is because he is hurt bad and can't be there, or if there is some other reason.. I guess time will tell.. sooner or later the story will come out...

Went to a mall today to get some exercise walking.. Mothers day, so it was crowded.. didn't stay too long, but walked enough to be tired. It's frustrating to tire so quickly.. I want my pre-accident life back.. I want to go back to work.. feel productive instead of a burden..

This whole episode has cost me dearly on so many levels... I have learned much from it as well.. People have been kind, with few exceptions..

Guess should stop this right here.. sorry if this has been a bummer to read.. Just trying to work things out mentally.. next post will be better,,, I promise..

Be well all- GDW