Falcon Reactor's Page

Since I have been cycling regularly again, after a nasty road accident last December, my awareness of the lack of regard for cyclists has increased. That's not to say that I was not aware of the lack of common sense or road safety before but, I have to say, why does nobody look before they cross a road? As a cyclist, I am silent, and therefore people are more prone to step out without looking, because of the absence of motor-sound. When I was a child, not only was I taught road safety by my pare… Continue

On 4th December 2007, I received a serious head injury in a road accident. I was on my bicycle, yards from home, and I was beginning to turn right at the T-junction into the road where I live. According to Police speculation, riders on one or two mopeds, up to high-jinks that night, decided to overtake me on my right-hand side. Given what I was doing, and the direction in which they were heading, this would place them on the wrong side of the road. I remember nothing of the accident and, in fac… Continue