[quote=Navydoc]By the way, wanted to go back to the safety aspect. My last year in San Diego I was riding from Stonebridge to Balboa on an ebike conversion I built myself (would probably meet your performance requirements scaredy). I was absolutely clobbered on Pomerado road, apparently near the light at Semillon. I have no memory of it. Woke up 2 1/2 hours later at Sharp Memorial. Those of you who know the road know there’s a generous bike lane. The person that hit me didn’t stop, and they never caught them. The police got 2 phone calls, one stating they just saw a car hit a bike, and the other said they just saw a biker flip over their handlebars (I think that might have been the person who hit me). I’ve always theorized that the reason they didn’t stop was because they may have thought they killed me. I’m sure I went down in a heap, and didn’t move.
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This happened to a friend of mine in Carlsbad about 5 years back. I think it was on El Camino Real with a wide shoulder and bike lane. He said he woke up in the ambulance – whoever hit him didn’t stay at the scene.
