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Took the day off to get in a ride while the weather is till nice. I'm in Southwest Indiana and went to New Harmony, which was settled about 200 years ago on the Wabash River. Two different groups tried to create a Utopian community. That didn't work out but now it's a beautiful little town with much historic interest. Took my time and enjoyed a nice 90 mile ride.

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I called the state police post closest to me and asked. They were very helpful. In Indiana, you can only use white or amber and the strips have to be mounted where they aren't directly visible.

I think it's an 11mm, but both the scoot and I have gone to bed, so I can't double check right now.

Today is a good day. My bike repairs are complete and I rode it home from the dealer today. It felt great to be on it again. I also picked up a new helmet, a cab yellow Nolan 104 modular. I've only worn it on the one ride, but I think I'm going to love it. It has a huge viewing area compared to my other helmets and is pretty light.

Hopefully I'll have some good weather days to get some more rides in before my surgery in a few weeks.

With my first adventure sliding down the street, I was wearing a relatively inexpensive textile jacket with armor. I slid on my left side so the jacket was scuffed up but protected my upper body.

I replaced it with a First Gear Kilimanjaro textile in the high viz color. When I was rear ended a few weeks ago I landed on my right side. Again, the armor kept me from having any broken bones. I didn't slide any, just landed straight down and there was no scrapes on the jacket.

This summer I also got a First Gear mesh textile with armor for hot weather. I often ride without a jacket when it's really hot, but after these 2 episodes, I think I'll keep my jacket on.

Thanks everyone. They'll make me stop riding when they pry my handlebars from my cold, dead hands. Oh wait, that's another hobby of mine. 

Healing slowly but well. I'll be 100% before my bike is.

Yes, you can bet I'll be wearing my gear all the time. As far as modular, I need to start wearing my glasses more often and I can't get them on with my regular full face. Several friends have modulars and really like them.

Was waiting yesterday morning for some oncoming traffic to clear so I could turn left off the street into work. Heard a screech, followed by a BANG and a THUD and I was flying through the air. I landed on my right side in the street. The driver came out of her car with her phone to see if I was ok. I was still trying to process things and make sure I could move everything. I stood up and seemed to feel ok except for my head was kind of ringing and my right arm & shoulder were hurting. I had on all my gear from my head to my feet, so no scrapes.

Another fellow stopped to check on me. He was driving in the opposite direction and saw the whole thing. He said she just wasn't paying attention. Maybe her phone in her hand had something to do with that. I'm hard to miss with a high-viz jacket and lots of extra lights on my bike, but I guess you have to actually be looking at the road to see me. A couple of guys helped move the scoot into a parking lot and a deputy came to fill out an accident report.

My wife took me to the hospital to be checked out. Several CT scans and x-rays later the doctor said everything looks ok and sent me home. I'm pretty sore today and taking the meds they gave me at the hospital. We called our insurance agent and they've started a claim. I saw one of my doctors this morning who's gonna keep on eye on things with me and made an appointment with my ortho doc so she can check out my shoulder and arm. I'd been given a shot in that shoulder about a month ago to reduce some pain and inflammation.

In thinking what I could have done to avoid this, I guess I should've been checking my mirrors, but I was looking more at the oncoming cars, waiting for them to clear. She wasn't going very fast, as we had just left a stoplight about 200 ft before my turn. If I'd glanced down at my mirror, I might've seen she wasn't slowing down and goosed it to just keep moving down the street.

My wife isn't thrilled. She said this is the 2nd crash I've had. The other was two years ago when I laid it down to avoid hitting a kid on a bicycle. She thinks maybe it's time to hang it up. I have a different opinion, of course. My bike is at the dealer for an estimate. If it gets totaled out, I'm thinking of what I can replace it with.

Everybody be careful out there!