Give the man a break...

The Independent dwells - rather too attentively - on President Bush's accident at Gleneagles (here):

"The police report describes him as a "falling object" who lost control of his bicycle after trying to pedal and wave at the same time...
The police report, obtained by Scotland on Sunday, gives a blow by blow account of the lead-up to the accident. It reads: "[The unit] was requested to cover the road junction on the Auchterarder to Braco Road as the President of the USA, George Bush, was cycling through.
"At about 1800 hours the President approached the junction at speed on the bicycle. The road was damp at the time. As the President passed the junction at speed he raised his left arm from the handlebars to wave to the police officers present while shouting 'thanks, you guys, for coming'.
"As he did this he lost control of the cycle, falling to the ground, causing both himself and his bicycle to strike [the officer] on the lower legs. [The officer] fell to the ground, striking his head."
The report goes on to divulge how the President skidded five metres along the road, after knocking down the constable, who was off duty for 14 weeks after the accident."

Worth bearing in mind that the man's in his 50s. It's not the falling off his bike that's the problem; it's his decision to get on it in the first place.