Saturday afternoon ride up the Blue Ridge Parkway to the Pisgah Inn for coffee. Riding thru the parking lot when someone starts backing out of their parking space. I hit the brakes hard and the bike goes down with me after it. I end up face first into the pavement with my left leg twisted up in the bike. I'm down and am yelling for someone to get the bike off my knee and I hear others yelling "stop! stop! Apparently the driver was continuing to back up and stopped just inches short of me. From what I heard from witnesses he opened his door, looked back, shut his door again and took off. Ambulance took me down the hill and now I'm laid up with 2 pins in my tibia and wires adjoining the major tendons to the appropriate bones. Tan Subaru SUV.. someone got the plates so I am just waiting to hear.
I'm not gonna preach but the helmet saved my life.
