AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THE WAY I READ THAT WAS THAT THEYRE WERE SEVERAL WITNESSES THAT OBSERVED THIS FOOL SWERVE INTO THE RIDER. IN MY OPINION THAT FULFILLS ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON-ADW -245 PC, ITS NOT A 'COLLISION' A COLLISION IS DEFINED ROUGHLY IN THE CA VEHICLE CODE AS AN 'UNINTENTIONAL INCIDENT ON A HIGHWAY' IF HE WITNESSES ARE CREDIBLE THEN ITS AN INTENTIONAL CRIMINAL ACT AND NOT A COLLISION, OR ACCIDENT -BUT A FELONY ASSAULT WHICH COULD BE HANDLED BY EITHER CHP OR THE LOCAL JURISDICTION. GOING BLIND CONSITUTES A TRAUMATIC INJURY AS DEFINED IN 245 PC AND NOT A 'MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT' I WONDER WHO THE SUPERVISOR FROM CHP WAS AT THAT SCENE..
I USED TO PATROL HWY 1 IN SAN MATEO CO. COAST AND TOOK REPORTS OF VEH VS BIKE REPORTS..I FIND MYSELF SOMETIMES SCARED AS A RIDER KNOWING AND HAVING SEEN WHAT I HAVE.. BUT WHEN I START TO FEEL THAT WAY I SAY TO MYSELF self...you can't live your life in fear, once I start it could make me freeze up and miss out on the greater idea of it -which is that there is more chance of positive than negative experiences