Out of the house today, 7:50 on the dot, I was making great time for work. As it’s spring break, there weren’t too many cars on the road but because of daylight savings, things were a little darker.

I crossed one of the busier streets and turned to make double-y sure I had no cars in my way before  passing a parked car. Unfortunately, my attention was in the wrong direction.

I misjudged my distance from the parked car and slammed into its left edge. I flew over the handle bars and landed right next to the car. I’ve never been so embarassed in all my life — I biked into a parked vehicle.

Understand, I have NEVER hit a car in my own car, or been responsible for ANY accident. I always felt very good about that, but now I’ve done it with a bike and a car that wasn’t even moving?!

The impact was pretty hard and I busted their back light while popping my tire. I have some bruises and my neck is a little funny, but all in all, it could have been way worse….though maybe not with a parked car.  I  left my info on their windshield but they haven’t called yet. We’ll see where that goes.

So why post about the most embarrassingly ridiculous event that’s happened to me in probably ever? Well see first I wasn’t going to let a soul in on this horrible tale because it’s such an embarrassment! And then I found myself wondering if other people made mistakes like this, other than a man down the street who heard my crash (he confessed to doing it a few times himself — very nice, and good-looking for that matter, but I digress).

I spent some time googling it to find others so I’d know I wasn’t alone in my ridiculous, embarrassing, frightening, dangerous, almost humorous incident. I found them and it made me feel better, so I decided why not open up, write about it and maybe in turn I will make someone else feel better about something they’ve done. Or maybe another googler will find my post and be encouraged they’re not the first to smash a parked car with their bike.

Thankfully, I’m signed up for a motorcycle license class, so I expect I’ll learn some tactics on knowing my surroundings and such. Until then, watch out world, I’m walking tomorrow and as I’ve done more damage to a car on bike then I ever did in car, I’ve probably got some real serious damage in store! :)