When I was a kid (maybe 12 or 13?) I did almost exactly that, riding home from school. I had a nice lightweight bike so would have been going really quite fast, unlike that guy.
My football boots were hanging from my handlebar and I went round a corner and straightened up. They swung into my front wheel behind the fork. 
I went straight over the top and landed on my chin; still got a scar there to this day and a chipped front tooth to match.
As "luck" would have it I was right outside the local district nurse's house and she was just coming out. So she scraped me up and took me home - less than half a mile away.
I'm sure modern elfunsayftee would prohibit such activity but I just learned a lesson. No-one said anything, nor did they need to!
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
Last edited by HPsauce; 9th April 2014 at 05:55 PM.
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