Quote Originally Posted by Bike Goddess View Post
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