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Last Thursday I was forced to crash into an old lady's car (stationary oncoming traffic) because an L plate moped with both legs on one side and on his phone, dropped his phone and swerved straight into me. He stopped to pick up his phone and fled as quickly as he could. Meanwhile I tried to keep one leg clipped in as I few over the bonnet and into the windscreen breaking it. I didn't fancy my carbon tarck bike cracking. Luckily I was completely fine and I didn't go all the way through so although the old lady was shaken up she was ok.
Was in a massive rush so only stopped for 10 mins to help the old lady, calm her down and explain to her what she needs to do as well as sending her pictures and witness details (she couldn't figure it out so I just paid the discounted rate for a windscreen replacement this morning as it's less effort than chasing her insurance for her as she seemed like she couldn't do it alone).
Then, about 200m down the road, literally seconds after I started riding again, a woman on her phone realises she's missed her turn and turns right, crashing into another car. In a normal situation I would have been between the two cars as one was turning right and the other going straight. But I was wary of the woman's driving and stayed back. In hindsight it was a very good call to stay back :)
I was so annoyed with the past 15 minutes, I just over took them and left them to sort it out. I laughed at my bad luck (or good luck) as I rode on.
Funny thing is I was 2 days away from the 2nd anniversary of my first and only crash.