Message 34/48
Date: 30-Apr-10 @ 11:36 PM -
RE: damn
i was in one motorcycle accident in what turned out to be the safest place one could have a
motorcycle accident, the queens-midtown tunnel. my wife was on the back. there is a toll booth at
the end of the long island expressway just before the entrance to the tunnel. just when i got to the toll
booth the police held everyone to let a motorcade through, probably a politician or u.n. person. the
motorcade when through and after a moment they let everyone else through. I was the first into the
tunnel and got up to 50mph. the speed limit is 45. it was a very hot 4th of july day. i came to a curve
in the tunnel forgetting it is cobblestone and i guess because of the heat of the day the cobblestone
was slick. the bike slid out from underneath my wife and i so smoothly that i didn't realize we were
having an accident until i saw my wife slide past me and saw the bike sliding in a slow spin ahead of
me. i didn't feel i was injured so i jumped up. my wife who slid further along got up and starting
coming toward me but i yelled at her to stay back. i then started heading back around the curve
waving my arms, hoping i could stop cars coming around the corner from reaching my wife and still
jump out of the way of the two lane traffic. to my surprise two cars came around the corner very
slowly and stopped upon seeing me. i turned around to head back toward my wife and there was
already an ambulance and another emergency vehicle coming toward us from the other side of the
tunnel. turned out they have cameras and people who watch the tunnel. i picked up my bike, a bmw
k75s and it started right up. the next day i couldn't bend one of my knees but after a few days that
healed up.