Cell phone in a crash?

[jrandom]

I binned my Trek on the road at about 30kph a while back with my cellphone in the hip pocket of my cycling jersey. Came down smack on it. It survived and worked just fine, but the speaker sounded a bit distorted.

So I threw it away and went back to the Telecom shop for another $30 Nokia 2125.

Disposable mobile phones ftw.

[2fst4u]

I'm the guy you can thank for you not having a crash because I carry shit Karma for about 6-7 people.

Those 4 accidents were only the ones where I was carrying too.

1. RG250 - Painted two weeks previous. While fairing was away, it got a de-coke and top end rebuild. Truck charged across 2 lanes of the motorway and knocked me over the barrier. I saw him at the last second and nearly pulled off the braking maneuver of the century. The tail light assembly hit my left clip on and threw me off the bike and into the barrier. Broken wrist and cracked rib. The cracked rib was from the cellphone in my breast pocket.

2. RG400 - Bus leaves trail of diesel up Houghton Bay Rd. I lose the rear end. So do the two bikes behind me. Wife smashes her ankle to bits. Cellphone is under the seat. Cellphone fine. Ring ambulance. Have vivid memory of young lady doing flying W toward me. She's just crashed her Husband's brand new XJ600

3. RC30 - Drunk old dude pulls out of side street in Picton. No headlights. No streetlights. Again I see him at the last second. I hit his front right wheel and sail over the car. He panics and drives over me breaking my neck and back. Cellphone was in tailpack. Cellphone is fine. I'm unconscious and keep dying in the ambulance so I forget to ring my wife. First memory is the holes in the ceiling tiles at Blenheim hospital 3 days later.

4. TRX850 - Corner on Rimutakas. Covered in dirt. Truck has hit the cliff beside the road and dragged a small slip down. Avoid slip, road is awash with diesel from ruptured fuel tank. Tank bag with cellphone in it flies off and slides along the road. Cellphone fine. Ring Motorad to come and get the wreckage, ring Police to report diesel spill. Get, "Big Deal" as a response. Ring long suffering wife to pick my sorry arse up.

I'm not telling you about my racetrack accidents as I never carry a phone on the track. They cause Cancer you know.

you know you can get peices of paper to put behind the battery that reduce radio waves and the chance of cancer by 60% or more right?






haha, my grandad bought one of those for $10. funniest rip-off ever

[EnzoYug]

Cellphones are hardy.

I'd worry more about your nuts.

[McDuck]

Cellphones are hardy.

I'd worry more about your nuts.

na, they are big enough and strong enough to look after themselfs.

[Winter]

i crashed with my phone in my jacket pocket, laanded pretty hard (lots 0f broken bones) but the phone was fine. it did take a photo of the inside of my pocket whilst in the ambo th, haha

[Mom]

i crashed with my phone in my jacket pocket, laanded pretty hard (lots 0f broken bones) but the phone was fine. it did take a photo of the inside of my pocket whilst in the ambo th, haha

As i risk a further infraction for taking threads off topic.....how are you feeling? I would txt you but, while your phone was taking pics of your pocket, somehow your number removed itself from my phone.......reckon that covers all the bases..........LOL

[Winter]

As i risk a further infraction for taking threads off topic.....how are you feeling? I would txt you but, while your phone was taking pics of your pocket, somehow your number removed itself from my phone.......reckon that covers all the bases..........LOL

im ok, thanks - its the broken collar bone that hurts - they cant put it in a cast or anything, i just walk around with bone floaating about.

im still chewing nearly 500mg of tryamadol a day tho, that helps.

[Mom]

im ok, thanks - its the broken collar bone that hurts - they cant put it in a cast or anything, i just walk around with bone floaating about.

im still chewing nearly 500mg of tryamadol a day tho, that helps.

Yep, that floating bone feeling is not good, been there.....take care of your self mate!

[Pancakes]

If your planning on using your phone in emergencies and your out for a ride. Switching cell sites or roaming will chew battery like nothing else so leave it off. Also, if your phone gets wet but it's off you can dry it out and it should be fine. Using it while wet there's a good chance of stuffing it.

[motorbyclist]

i carry one, cause if it isn't broken i'll sure want it.

that, and having a camera handy (on the phone) is good for recording number plates and "evidence" before moving any vehicles