I heard the old lady say that she was given a ticket, so maybe the police thought she was too close even if it was the other guy who hit her. These situations (car accidents) are always packed full with gray areas. FH's truck slid on some ice this past winter and spun around, hit the guard rail...
He didn't hit any other cars and stopped on the side of the road. He got a ticket for that. I had no idea you COULD get a ticket when ice was involved...

Oh well, so I think FH is going to look for a second opinion on my bike. He went to a pretty high end shop (big Seven dealer) for the estimates on both. This shop charges $80/bike to do the estimates, then if you buy the next bike from them, or get the repairs from them - they credit that $80 towards whatever.

They have plenty of $4000 bikes they are prepared to sell, but I think they would actually make more money off me if they did the repair, then if they sold me a new bike worth ~$900. I've heard there is not much markup on bikes. Am I just making this up?