Originally Posted by Trakehner

I know a guy who hit a bicyclist back in the 80s. He said the girl went thru a red light and when he saw her he jammed on his brakes but still hit her. She went up onto his hood and the bike went flying. She held onto the hood until the car stopped. He took her to the hospital and oddly enough she wasn't hurt but he said her bike was completely destroyed. He bought her a new bike. How the bike got destroyed and she was not hurt makes no sense
Weird thing is he was saying he wouldn't have hit her if he had braked properly. He didn't have ABS back them and says if he had pumped the brakes instead of holding them and skidding he would have stopped in time to miss her.