ive had plenty of near death experiences riding bmx but one that sticks out was me crossing intersection that i had a green light for heading to meetup with some friends, some girl was texting on her phone and ran the red light and hit me at 30 mph, i somehow reacted in time and had my bike take the impact and i got tossed across the intersection, i was unscathed and so was my bike but her bumper had a mark where my tires hit, if i had decided to pedal a little slower or didnt jump when i did, i couldve been a hood ornament or more than likely, sucked under the suv