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A Valuable Lesson

2007 Reader Submission
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One evening, I called my friend (let's just call him:) 'Jerry' to see if he wanted to ride minibikes down to the neighborhood golf course. We both worked there, and sometimes would go down after dark and treat ourselves to the occasional candy bar, or whatever happened to strike our fancy. (While they were, in fact, closed, security was non-existent.) He said sure, and, after waiting 15-20 minutes, I hopped on my minibike to see where the heck he was. He was usually quite prompt. It was dark out by then, no moon, and without a light (nor helmet; back then you didn't need them), the only way for me to be certain I was on the road was to look overhead and see the space between the trees. I was happily motoring along at full throttle when I heard something. As I looked down to see what the noise was, I ran into him head-on. Imagine my suprise. And his. We crawled/staggered over to a driveway to get our thoughts organized, leaving the wreckage in the center of the road. Very soon after that, a couple of high school classmates of ours drove slowly past, carefully going around the bikes and then continuing on into the night. We both made our separate ways home, and I went to bed, so I wouldn't get in trouble. Jerry's mom took him to the hospital, where they cast his broken leg, wrist and forearm. He was going, he thought, around 15 mph we met up. My mom took me to the clinic the next day, where they cast my cracked kneecap. I learned a very valuable lesson that night: it's much better to be the one going faster when you run head-on into your buddy on a minibike.

Submitted on 08/12/2007

Submitted by: Kristafarian
Reference: Happened to me, circa 1968

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Somehow the idea of looking skyward to help navigate down a pitch black road doesn't seem like the brightest thing to do. I'm glad you survived to share this with us!


Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I got a chuckle out of this one. Thanks for sending it in, Kristafarian. Next time try holding a flashlight in your teeth when riding a minibike down a pitch black road! hahahaha


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