Spyder safer than a two-wheel bike? Here is your answer...

[Buggy]

I am so glad you are ok...it could have been so different....have a drink for me!

 

[bruiser]

That's just unbelievable Chief. Darn good thing you weren't two up. Hope she gets the book thrown at her.

 

[DLewis]

You walked away from this!!??? :yikes::yikes: Holy cow! Glad you're ok, and able to see another day on this earth. Spyder can be replaced, you can't. Hope everything works out for you in the end. Like someone else mentioned, go buy a lottery ticket, QUICK!!:thumbup:

 

[OJ UK]

Good Grief!!

CPO I am happy and amazed that you got out of that more or less unscathed :thumbup:

 

[BRPcare]

RetiredCPO, we're very, very happy to hear that you're OK.

 

[SpyderSaint]

Wow! Praise God you are ok.

I too am most concerned about being hit from behind. Not sure I have enough in the back of my STS to have faired as well as you did on an RT. I am curious as to how you knew the best course of action and if you would have done anything different? May be a silly question but it seems your experience is worth learning from for the rest of us.


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[SPYD3R]

HOLY KA KA

First things first...I'm okay. Battered and bruised. Incredibly sore, but alive. Posted this on the Can AM Spyder FB page as well. If anyone wonders whether the Spyder is truly safer than a two wheel bike, I am living proof. Walked away from this yesterday. Released from the hospital after 8 hours with no broken bones or internal injuries. My 2014 RTS is totaled but I am alive this morning. Not sure how. I was at a dead stop waiting for someone to turn left through stopped traffic when I was rear ended by a Tahoe doing about 40 mph. Other driver got distracted by something and didn't see the traffic stopped in front of her. Her Tahoe bent the Spyder's frame and trunk completely around, into my back and it pinned me to the windshield and steering hand grips. After the initial shock I was able to pull myself out of the Spyder and walk away. Police and EMTs were stunned I was even able to stand after this. Bottom line is I'm okay. The Spyder design is the reason I am alive to write this. I saw her coming in my side mirror and stood up, wedging my thighs on the hand grips, as I braced for the impact. Sore and bruised, but alive. I'll be getting back on a Spyder once the insurance claim is done and body is healed from this.

HOLY KA-KA.........................
thank the good Lord you are still with us.... WOW...! ! !

would you buy my next LOTTO ticket for me....??? with luck like that, you can't loose....
dp

 

[Lin]

Looking at the photo, it's unimaginable you could walk away from that. So very glad you did!

 

[Vader]

Glad you're okay. I suffered the same thing but thankfully the other driver was not going anywhere near the speed of that Tahoe.

 

[NovaSpyder]

AllI can say is wow. So glad you are ok!

 

[DrewNJ]

Holy crap! Glad your ok.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

OMG

We are soooo happy that you are ok. We are also very happy that you were by yourself. A rear end collision is the one thing I worry about most. Damn cell phones

:agree::agree::agree::agree::agree:.................​And how did you manage to get out from between the back and the front ............I don't know if believed in GOD before this , But I think you should now ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:..............................just sayin.....Mike ................also sending you a PM :thumbup:

 

[lwrydr]

Ouch!

Glad to hear you only got some minor damgae to yourself...Looking at the pic I am amazed they did not have to use the jaws of life to get you out and like was said elsewhere if you were on 2 wheels she would of knocked you into the next county.

 

[Raknid]

Holy cow! From that photo I cannot believe that you walked away. So much to be thankful for. My jaw literally dropped when I clicked on the picture .

 

[RetiredCPO]

Wow! Praise God you are ok.

I too am most concerned about being hit from behind. Not sure I have enough in the back of my STS to have faired as well as you did on an RT. I am curious as to how you knew the best course of action and if you would have done anything different? May be a silly question but it seems your experience is worth learning from for the rest of us.


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Not silly at all. I left myself enough room to pull to the side, which I always do. Honestly, my Navy training took over. When we do shock testing/training, we are taught to "brace for shock" by grabbing something and leaning in to it. When I looked in the side mirror and noticed her coming, my reaction was to stand up, brace the top of my thighs on the handgrips and lean forward with my body on the center console. The impact drove me forward into the Ford Flex in front of me. When I hit the Ford (which I don't remember BTW), the trunk folded up and the back seat cushion hit my back and wrapped me like a cocoon. By standing and bracing, I stayed in the bike for the most part instead of being launched. It also limited the whiplash effect because I was leaning forward and the length of my torso took the shot. I have some nasty bruising on my thighs from the handlebars, my back from the trunk, and on my stomach from the top of the windshield (the windshield was under my ribs). I would love to say my move was due to some mad skill, but it happened so fast I think it was just instinct.

I will say that checking mirrors constantly saved me. I saw her coming and reacted. If I had been siting looking forward and unaware, I would be in far worse shape.

 

[RetiredCPO]

:agree::agree::agree::agree::agree:.................​And how did you manage to get out from between the back and the front ............I don't know if believed in GOD before this , But I think you should now ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:ray:..............................just sayin.....Mike ................also sending you a PM :thumbup:

Adrenaline. I was able to slide my body out with a bit of work. Getting my left leg out was tough, especially with my pelvis being jacked up.

 

[RetiredCPO]

Thanks for all the kind words guys. I'm doing ok. Body hurts a lot (thank God for hydrocodone) but everything is fixable. Love this community. You guys are the best.

 

[samewok]

You are very lucky.

 

[Roadster Renovations]

WOW!

Glad you are OK, Chief!! Probably saved your life standing up!
btw: dibbs on the engine and trans if that's OK!

 

[James & Julie]

WOW

Truly a lucky man to walk away from that. Glad to hear your ok with only minor injuries. Get well soon.