That is a thankful thing. Could have been much worse. A pick up pulled out 
in front of me once on a curvey country road. I saw him coming off to my 
left as he approached the country road and he didn't even stop just trucked 
through  the stop sign and proceeded to make his left and I hit the skids 
and wound up in the gravel missing his bumper by a couple feet. I was not 
happy, and I wasn't real Christian about it, but then I wasn't God's kid 
then either so that sort of figures :).I'm sure Everet is glad about Ben 
but sick about his bike. But bike's can  have parts replaced as good as 
new, we can't.

Brad

At 06:08 PM 8/13/2007, you wrote:
>I thank the Lord today because of several things.  A cousin by the name of
>Ben is about 20 years old and he works for my son, Everett.  Ben lives in my
>son's basement.  They all ride motorcycles.  Ben asked to use Everett's bike
>today which my son rode to work.  Ben didn't come back so Everett started
>calling around.  Ben was taken to a local hospital.  Someone driving a car
>cut in front of him and he couldn't stop.  He awakened in the ambulance.
>They are keeping him over night because of a possible bruise on his lung.
>No broken bones or head injuries.  He was wearing all his gear, Kevlar
>riding jacket and pants, helmet, and gloves.  He got a scrape on one knee.
>His shoulder was struck, probably as he fell off and impacted the back of
>the car.  Everett drove his pickup to the police station and got his bike
>out of the pound which cost him 110 dollars.  The bike starts but there is a
>lot of damage.  Everett has insurance coverage in case the other driver does
>not.  A third of all drivers in Denver don't carry insurance, believe it or
>not, and it is a state law.  You cannot take the driver's test without
>insurance but people just use someone else's car and use their insurance
>papers for proof of insurance when getting a driver's license.  Anyhow, I'm
>glad Ben was not seriously hurt, the bike wasn't totaled, and I am also glad
>my son wasn't riding at the time.  Ben and Everett often ride side by side
>and Everett said that if that would have been the case, he would have run
>into the car as well.  You would be amazed how many people cut in front of
>bike riders and later claim they never saw them or heard them but of course
>they never are able to explain the skid marks of the motorcyclist and they
>never are able to explain why they didn't see the motorcycle in the mirrors
>before making a lane change.  Anyhow, I thank God Ben will just be sore for
>a few days because without his protective gear, Ben would be in the hospital
>for a long time if not dead.
>
>Phil.