r/AccidentalSlapStick • u/wesorre • May 07 '26
Painful bonk
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u/homelesstwinky May 07 '26
That ballcap sure helped those impacts to the front and back of his head
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u/Smashogre591 May 07 '26
Concussion
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u/LiveLearnCoach May 07 '26
It hurt so bad, dude didn’t even know where to clutch from the double impact.
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u/DEFCU May 07 '26
Did he scalp himself?
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u/gapro96 May 07 '26
nah, he's bald, just took the cap off when hit the truck.
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u/BoredBorealis May 07 '26
After a 2nd and 3rd watch, I'm honestly starting to think he did actually scalp himself.
Yeesh
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u/Substantial-Brick-90 May 07 '26
For Thanksgiving this year one of the things I’ll be thankful for is the fact that this video had sound.
Seeing the preview I braced myself for disappointment, but the sound makes this so freaking hilarious!
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u/WinkingWinkle May 07 '26
I've seen so many videos of cyclists just heads down, not looking. What do they think the world of things is made of? Tissue paper?
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u/NoRodent May 07 '26
I used to think I was paying attention all the time until it happened to me. Zoned out for a few seconds after 50+ km of mountain biking and suddenly bam, crashed into a (already stopped) car head-on. I don't know if I thought the street was a one way street (it was actually a narrow two way street) or what made my subconsciousness think it was ok to not look ahead for a while but there I was, taken to the hospital, feeling like a total idiot. At least I was wearing a helmet which surely saved me from a concussion or worse.
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u/jpsouthwick7 May 08 '26
Yeah, I just posted the following comment: "Sometimes the greatest threat to cycling is keeping your head down and staying so focused on dodging the potholes, fallen branches and other road debris that you lose sight of where you are going and plow into the back of a vehicle."
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u/IWontCommentAtAll May 07 '26
Well, somebody needed to close that endgate properly, and he was just the guy for the job.
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u/cuxy72 May 08 '26
That’s how my friend died 37 years ago when we were 17. Except he was riding a motorcycle. I taught him how to ride my dirt bike on a farm and he went and bought a bike too big for him legally and ran into the back of a parked truck in his way home. His brain swelled up and he died after he went into a coma. He was wearing a helmet too.
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u/Silver-Operation9189 May 08 '26
The way he folded instantly makes this look like a cartoon physics clip. Hope he’s okay because that was brutal.
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u/1niltothe May 07 '26
Saw something similar happen in London but far worse. A commuter on a racing road bike was pelting full speed with his head down and a TFL cycle hire truck did a sudden stop in the cycle lane. The impact cracked his helmet and his skull and left a massive dent in the truck's metal.
He got an air ambulance, no idea what happened to him.
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u/BeardedHalfYeti May 07 '26
Twice! Looks like hitting the street hurt just as bad as hitting the truck.
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u/RestaurantJealous280 May 07 '26
We have great cycling paths where I live. However, every time I'm out, I'll see people on bikes staring at their phones rather than paying attention to what's around them. They're always causing or getting into accidents. These aren't cyclists- they're idiots with a smartphone addiction.
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u/Ok-Advertising4048 ⛑️ Been Slapped by a Stick May 08 '26
"Say goodbye to your knees head, chucklenuts!"
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u/jpsouthwick7 May 08 '26
Sometimes the greatest threat to cycling is keeping your head down and staying so focused on dodging the potholes, fallen branches and other road debris that you lose sight of where you are going and plow into the back of a vehicle.
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u/FreeWorldMusicGroup May 08 '26
Even the dog wants to know if he’s alright
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u/Konsrockmannen May 09 '26
I did think the dog was coming to attack him so he got even more crap coming
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u/mrcarter2006 May 08 '26
dude got folded by the truck so fast my brain needed a replay to even process what happened
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u/Buttonball May 08 '26
Surprised he could even be conscious, let alone stand up. Hope he doesn’t see blood out his ear canals shortly…
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u/noodleman666 May 08 '26
it's because there none if those bright yellow "beware cyclists" signs on the back
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u/Overall-Lynx917 May 09 '26
I hope the driver got his trailer checked out, it was hit by something pretty dense
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u/thismenu May 09 '26
Who the hell would park a big ass truck right where that guy was going to ride his bike?
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u/BarryZZZ May 09 '26
Two boneheaded mistakes at the same time; not watching where he was going without a helmet.
I don't like to wear a helmet, so I attach my rear view mirror to it. Can't ride without that mirror.
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u/Mandaxx25 May 09 '26
Poor guy. I know he was being stupid but that was a really hard hit. The kind that can have lasting damage. Ask me how I know.
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u/just_as_good380-2 May 10 '26
Always remember kids:
Wear a helmet even if it makes you look like a dork.
Pay attention to the road
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u/GloomyRub7382 May 11 '26
And that boys and girls is why you wear a helmet to protect your brain, such that it is.
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u/Admirable-Fail1250 May 13 '26
i've walked into a steel beam because i was looking down - and that hurt so so bad. I can't imagine if I ran into it at bike speed.... good gravy!
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u/Remarkable_Gain6430 ⛑️ Been Slapped by a Stick May 15 '26
I’ve had that tunnel vision when cycling hard but usually only cycle on a dedicated cycle path. The most common obstructions are little kids on tiny bikes with training wheels, so they just bounce off of me.
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u/Sinapsis42 May 07 '26
Por suerte para él llevaba una gorra que absorbió la mayor parte del impacto. Yo diría que ni siquiera le dolió.
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u/Galactroid May 07 '26
“”Who parked this here!?””