Could have been worse. At least a broken leg normally heals fine. And being Christmas he probably got a half decent meal in the hospital!

I think one thing that put me off from ever riding a bike was the dangerous aspect of it on public roads. It's not your own driving ability, its the others you have to constantly be on the look out for. It's bad enough driving a car these days with the number of idiots around you on the road. The number of people that cannot use a roundabout correctly is mad. Everyday I get people moving right across lanes without indicating and then drifting back out into the other lane again, with no obvious indication that they noticed you there. Same happens on the motorways all the time too. That and people not leaving enough distance and having to constantly use their brakes.