Had an accident

[slabo]

Slabo,
You are handling this crash very well. I would agree that there is fault to share between you and the young lady.

Two questions:
Why do you keep mentioning that you were wearing a full face helmet? Are you implying that it obstructs your vision?

I see perfectly fine with the full face helmet, but I'm just not used to it. I won't say I can't see with the full face helmet, just don't see the same as my regular helmet. I have to move my neck differently maybe... Something, just different. Just replaying the incident in my mind, I don't remember seeing the girl. I only know from my girlfriend and later the girl's statement that she crossed from over the fence. But really, I just saw her bouncing off the front of the bike.

Why were you riding in the bus lane? I assume it is a lane reserved for buses but I could be wrong. Most bus lanes around here are for buses to stop and load/unload passengers.

I ride like a pingpong ball between cars and busses, bouncing off everything, trying to keep a safe distane all the time. Like barry said, the left most lanes are reserved for buses, the two middle lanes were blocked, and I wanted to turn left ahead, so I took the bus lane. It's not really an offence, I didn't really get in anyone's way. Well, I did this time, ouch.