Stalwart of this parish Darren Robinson, Keeper-elect of the two list and pre-eminent MIB, was taken out by a numpty pulling out across him last evening. Bandit fucked, Darren bruised. Darren was following his usual route home from work along the bypass, when a car pulled out on him from a staggered junction. Darren tried to avoid him but glanced off the wing and was bounced into the side of a stationary car in the other part of the staggered junction. He T-boned the stationary car, went over the roof and landed in the road on the far side. On his arse. Padding side down, as it were. He's not seen the bike since, but assumes it is beyond repair following two impacts. He has extensive bruising, particularly to his right hip which precludes putting weight on it (or sitting down, I guess) and has a "suspected" scaphoid fracture to the right wrist. He reckons he got off lightly - scratched lid, scuffed leather jacket and a small tear to his denim jeans. I'd agree with his assessment. The driver of the car which caused the problem was fulsomely apologetic and declared it was his fault to a goodly number of witnesses. Police were swiftly on the scene and seemed to deal with things quite well - apart from omitting to nail the driver at fault to a tree, of course. Keep your eyes open, they're trying to get us all.
