“fender” bender

Well today kind of sucked in a few different ways.

One mildly noteable way was that I was in a very minor fender bender on the motorcycle. I was sitting at a stop light (the end of the offramp from inner 440 to Lake Boone Trail) and the guy behind me “didn’t see me” and started to move into the lane. Unfortunately, I was sitting in line in front of him. No injuries, didn’t even come off the bike. But it broke the taillight and bent up the license plate mount pretty bad. It may have damaged the tire, but I couldn’t spot any other damage.

I was just starting to accelerate away from the light. Not even sure if I was moving yet. I initially thought something had broken on the bike, like a chain coming off or something, since there was a noise and a jolt. Bit surprised to look down and see a car frontend wedged between the tire and the seat.