bicycle dangers, part two

Well, it's happened again. Today I had another near-death bicycle experience, exactly one month and three days after the previous one (discussed here). I think someone is trying to tell me something with this creepy numerology. I was standing up on my pedals, trying to get past a cab, when the metal bit which would normally keep my left pedal attached to the pedal shaft just sheared right off. Once again, I managed to keep upright despite the loss of one of the two things holding me above the road, which was moving below me at about 30 km/h.

Below is a photo of the now-seriously traumatized machine. Exhibit A clearly shows a place where a pedal should be (but isn't); exhibit B shows how bent my rear left seat post has been since getting hit by a car. (Hint: it should be as straight as the one on the right.)

Clicking on the picture makes it bigger!