Another car hitting cyclists - this time, it's me!

[Biciclista]

That's good news! The case is moving forward and they are not ignoring the personal devastation in the criminal proceedings!

[Smilie]

Hope it goes well for you. Sending you good vibes.

[NbyNW]

Thanks for the update . . . hope it all gets resolved soon, and that the aches and pains are going away.

[invsblwmn]

Glad to hear you are still progressing. Accidents change us, the way we ride, think, feel. BUT, it doesn't have to be a negative change. I am just getting back to riding and now I ride a recumbent trike. An upright just won't work with my injuries, but riding is riding, right?? My bike, I recently found out, is now gone. No burial, no viewing. It was so destroyed that nothing was salvagable. It was just a rockhopper, but I miss her. Sold my cannondale upright and got two recumbents, they are sweet! Happy healing to you! Keep us updated and try to not get swallowed by the legal process. Let the attorney do the work. Just live on.

[Aggie_Ama]

I hope they throw the book at her. Sorry this is continuing to drag out for you but hopefully your testimony will keep a danger to society, herself and her family (kids!!) off the roads for a bit. Maybe a grey cell for a bit will knock some sense into her.

[Bike Goddess]

What is important to me, reading this, is that the driver not be allowed to drive and that you are compensated for your injuries.

She doesn't sound like a very stable person and I question her ability to make sound judgments in her life. She needs some help in that direction too. I hope this will be an incentive for her to turn her life around. It's just unfortunate that you had to be involved in the first place.

[MM_QFC!]

What is important to me, reading this, is that the driver not be allowed to drive and that you are compensated for your injuries.

She doesn't sound like a very stable person and I question her ability to make sound judgments in her life. She needs some help in that direction too. I hope this will be an incentive for her to turn her life around. It's just unfortunate that you had to be involved in the first place.

Thanks, Nancy and yeah, that's my intent in making a statement to the court. I don't have any need to be involved in the court's criminal charges or proceedings against her; prosecutor will take care of that process. I do, however, feel strongly about how easy it's been for her to repeatedly get behind the wheel and log more traffic citations and criminal cases (in the public record)...she's only 26, but has @10 cases on the books in a number of area municipalities and courts (municipal court, district and superior courts of 2 diff counties!) since the year 2000, so SOMEONE is allowing her to blow it off and drive even more recklessly each time, so that by the time she hit me, she was truly a menace to anyone out there. It's ironic to me that she benefitted from my fitness and, at the same time, is responsible to taking from me as I've been sidelined from riding and many other activities while recovering. So, I'll be explaining to her and all, how her reckless disregard for everyone when she was driving impacted me, changed my life, literally knocked me off my bike and destroyed it...all that fun stuff
I hope that her behavior changes and if she chooses to speed, she'll at least watch where she's going! Even that wouldn't have prevented her from hitting me, as she was going well above the speed limit and, with bad brakes, she couldn't stop in time...just glad that it was some frail elderly person or someone pushing a baby stroller in that crosswalk, eh?
Tailwinds!
Mary

[MM_QFC!]

Glad to hear you are still progressing. Accidents change us, the way we ride, think, feel. BUT, it doesn't have to be a negative change. I am just getting back to riding and now I ride a recumbent trike. An upright just won't work with my injuries, but riding is riding, right?? My bike, I recently found out, is now gone. No burial, no viewing. It was so destroyed that nothing was salvagable. It was just a rockhopper, but I miss her. Sold my cannondale upright and got two recumbents, they are sweet! Happy healing to you! Keep us updated and try to not get swallowed by the legal process. Let the attorney do the work. Just live on.

And I'm glad to hear that you're riding again - wheeeeee! Am hoping that I'll be cleared to ride without tooooo much more delay, but still have some post concussive balance issues, so I have to stay on my spin bike for now.