Sunday 9 June 2013 at 1220, while enjoying a ride on a beautiful day in Medicine Park Oklahoma, I had a GMC Yukon decided to backup on the roadway (SO THAT HE COULD GET INTO A PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF THE RIVERSIDE CAFE). When I noticed the Yukon stop the group that I was with also stopped. I was approximately 8-10 feet behind the Yukon, the next thing I realize is that the reverse lights came on and he began to backup in front of us:xzqxz:. As he got closer I told my wife to hold on we are about to get hit:Trike1:. I stood up on the drivers foot pegs and began to honk the horn and yell at the driver, but to no evale he hit us. My front tire/fender went under the bumper and the Yukon began to push us rearward. My hands came off the grips and I fell forward into the windshield and banged my left knee on the fairing:xzqxz:. The handlebars cocked over to the left as he pushed us backwards about a foot and a half. The driver of the Yukon finally stopped, I don't know if it was because he saw us or from the people around yelling for him to stop. One thing for sure, had we been on a 2 wheeler instead of our Trike it probably would have resulted in much worse injuries and a lot more damage to the Trike. The Trike is going to need a new front fender and a tire ( as it slide the tire sideways and created a flat spot):gah:. We were able to drive away on our Trike after the police arrived and completed an accident report. I do notice that the Trike pulls to the right a little now and you can fell the bump from the flat spot on the tire. The driver of the Yukon was cited for inattentive driving. He wanted to argue with the Officer and stated that I was to close to him and that is why he did not see us and that he wanted me cited for following to closely to his vehicle (that did not happen). The driver stated that he never saw us, even though I was looking right through the back window of his Yukon, it probably would have helped if the ceiling mounted DVD player was not blocking the rearview mirror.
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