YouTube member CycleJack was pedaling through Romford, Essex, UK on a wet day. He was traveling about 22 MPH. A car cut across his path and he hit the fender. CycleJack flew over the car, head over heels, but landed neatly on his feet. It was an impressive bit of unintentional acrobatics caught on camera.
And it's a good thing that CycleJack was wearing a camera. The driver tried to dispute that she was at fault. The video footage took care of that problem:
Safe to say the video has saved me a lot of hassle and 3 weeks later the cheque has already arrived from the insurance company.
Content warning: CycleJack uses a bit of foul language when the car hits. But who can blame him?
-via Gawker
I bought a helmet cam earlier this year for this very reason. I've been using it all summer here in Boston, and have already racked up a dozen or so "near misses".
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i got door prized a few weeks ago, and it wasn't pleasant at all. this guy is lucky.
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He didn't so much fly through the air as bounce off the renault's windshield and then slide down the hood back onto his feet.
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What's with those lines? Were they painted by drunken road workers?
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