Comments on: What To Do If You’ve Been Hit By A Car http://urbanvelo.org/what-to-do-if-youve-been-hit-by-a-car/ Bicycles in the urban environment. A magazine about urban cycling. Fri, 25 May 2012 03:20:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kelly W http://urbanvelo.org/what-to-do-if-youve-been-hit-by-a-car/comment-page-1/#comment-11082 Kelly W Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:24:48 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=10408#comment-11082 Just got hit by a car yesterday in Austin on S. Mopac frontage road. I got all the info, police report, witness name/#. Now what? My bike is a mess in the front, my laptop screen is cracked, and I'm sore as hell today. I've never even been in a accident....what's next? Any advice would help. Just got hit by a car yesterday in Austin on S. Mopac frontage road. I got all the info, police report, witness name/#. Now what? My bike is a mess in the front, my laptop screen is cracked, and I’m sore as hell today. I’ve never even been in a accident….what’s next? Any advice would help.

]]> By: Dick Schoeller http://urbanvelo.org/what-to-do-if-youve-been-hit-by-a-car/comment-page-1/#comment-10760 Dick Schoeller Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:36:27 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=10408#comment-10760 I second the notion of getting the names and addresses of the witnesses. When my wife was hit, the police didn't get statements from all of them. Their excuse was that they didn't have a line of sight on the actual impact. That's because they were following the car that hit her. They saw both the car and the bike up until shortly before the car did a left cross. :-( I second the notion of getting the names and addresses of the witnesses. When my wife was hit, the police didn’t get statements from all of them. Their excuse was that they didn’t have a line of sight on the actual impact. That’s because they were following the car that hit her. They saw both the car and the bike up until shortly before the car did a left cross. :-(

]]> By: Dan http://urbanvelo.org/what-to-do-if-youve-been-hit-by-a-car/comment-page-1/#comment-10748 Dan Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:16:06 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=10408#comment-10748 I am gathering additional witnesses to a hit and run that occurred at the south / east intersection of Dundas and Denison @ 8:50am on 2009-09-17. Car: Silver / Grey, heading south bound on Denison, Plate: AVYP 174 It made a left turn, hit me, and proceeded eastbound towards Spadina. It stopped briefly but continued onward. Me: Black dress shirt, jeans, green basebal cap, big striped Reebok gym bag. If you were witness to this hit and run, please call 416 910 7467. I am gathering additional witnesses to a hit and run that occurred
at the south / east intersection of Dundas and Denison @ 8:50am on 2009-09-17.

Car: Silver / Grey, heading south bound on Denison, Plate: AVYP 174
It made a left turn, hit me, and proceeded eastbound towards Spadina.
It stopped briefly but continued onward.

Me: Black dress shirt, jeans, green basebal cap, big striped Reebok gym bag.

If you were witness to this hit and run, please call 416 910 7467.

]]> By: Treadly and Me » Speedlinking 27 August 2009 http://urbanvelo.org/what-to-do-if-youve-been-hit-by-a-car/comment-page-1/#comment-10485 Treadly and Me » Speedlinking 27 August 2009 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:27:49 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=10408#comment-10485 [...] What to do if you’ve been hit by a car [...] [...] What to do if you’ve been hit by a car [...]

]]> By: lockedcog http://urbanvelo.org/what-to-do-if-youve-been-hit-by-a-car/comment-page-1/#comment-10332 lockedcog Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:26:10 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=10408#comment-10332 I did non of these things :( I did non of these things :(

]]> By: Sean Wallace http://urbanvelo.org/what-to-do-if-youve-been-hit-by-a-car/comment-page-1/#comment-10311 Sean Wallace Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:53:07 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=10408#comment-10311 Wow... I got hit by a car yesterday... Toronto, ON... corner of Dundas and Denison... this is right around China Town.. for those out there not from the GTA. I was totally riding in my "lane"... when a Red Honda Civic changed lanes right into my side...didn't even see it coming... tossed me against the curb and I did a nice superman over the bars. A few scrapes... thankfully I was wearing a helmet. AND THE KICKER IS... THE CAR DIDNT EVEN STOP!!! HIT & RUN! Made my police statment... using the licence plate number that a good samaritan took down.. (Apparently wrong as the cops couldn't find it).... Heres hoping KARMA catches up with the SOB in the Honda Civic... Gotta go... time for a bike ride... Wow… I got hit by a car yesterday… Toronto, ON… corner of Dundas and Denison… this is right around China Town.. for those out there not from the GTA.

I was totally riding in my “lane”… when a Red Honda Civic changed lanes right into my side…didn’t even see it coming… tossed me against the curb and I did a nice superman over the bars. A few scrapes… thankfully I was wearing a helmet.

AND THE KICKER IS… THE CAR DIDNT EVEN STOP!!! HIT & RUN! Made my police statment… using the licence plate number that a good samaritan took down.. (Apparently wrong as the cops couldn’t find it)….

Heres hoping KARMA catches up with the SOB in the Honda Civic…

Gotta go… time for a bike ride…

]]> By: geoffrey http://urbanvelo.org/what-to-do-if-youve-been-hit-by-a-car/comment-page-1/#comment-10306 geoffrey Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:11:01 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=10408#comment-10306 right. and if you are seriously injured you are fucked. the cop will in all probability refuse to take your statement deciding you are incompetent due to the medication you've been fed or attempt to infer you are the author of your own situation due to your (present) impairment and go with the statement of the asshat who ran you over as gospel truth. http://sockpuppet.ca/xray right. and if you are seriously injured you are fucked. the cop will in all probability refuse to take your statement deciding you are incompetent due to the medication you’ve been fed or attempt to infer you are the author of your own situation due to your (present) impairment and go with the statement of the asshat who ran you over as gospel truth.
http://sockpuppet.ca/xray

]]> By: jdmitch http://urbanvelo.org/what-to-do-if-youve-been-hit-by-a-car/comment-page-1/#comment-10297 jdmitch Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:11:22 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=10408#comment-10297 c.bitterman, the link-through to PGH's website expands all of these. Including expanding #3 as witnesses too. c.bitterman, the link-through to PGH’s website expands all of these. Including expanding #3 as witnesses too.

]]> By: c.bitterman http://urbanvelo.org/what-to-do-if-youve-been-hit-by-a-car/comment-page-1/#comment-10296 c.bitterman Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:50:15 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=10408#comment-10296 #4 should be 'always, always, always get the names and telephone numbers of independent witnesses who saw the accident'. Don't rely on the driver of the car to not mentally revise their version of events in a way that suddenly puts you at fault, once they realize how much it's going to cost to repair your bike/body. #4 should be ‘always, always, always get the names and telephone numbers of independent witnesses who saw the accident’. Don’t rely on the driver of the car to not mentally revise their version of events in a way that suddenly puts you at fault, once they realize how much it’s going to cost to repair your bike/body.

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