OMG I Was Just Hit By a Car

[PscyclePath]

((((Kfergos))))...

I joined the same club last Sunday afternoon, when I was rear-ended by a drunk driver while pedaling off from having waited out a red light. Oddly enough, we were both sitting stopped there at the light for at least a couple of minutes. The driver had two open bottles of liquor, and a glass in his cup holders; after checking to see if I was conscious (I was), he fled the scene on foot, leaving his truck sitting on top of my bike in the intersection. The police caught him about 8 or 9 blocks away, still running.

I was knocked about 12 to 15 feet, but managed to land unhurt except for a pulled muscle in the right calf, apparently from getting knocked out of my pedals. The first three days of recovery were pretty miserable, but I was able to get back on a bike Saturday afternoon, and do the weekly club ride again yesterday, though I certainly didn't push too hard.

You need an attorney. The car driver is liable to you for all your medical bills, a shiny new bike, and more than likely, damages for pain and suffering. The car rental agency is likely also another liable party.

Getting hit like that definitely affects you both mentally as well as physically. Take some time now to get checked out thoroughly (you'll need that for your claim), find a good attorney (looks like you have), and heal both your mind and body. Then you sue that fellow's XXXXXX rear end off, and his rental agency too

[OakLeaf]

sue that fellow's turban off

Can we do without the ethnic stereotyping? That really doesn't become you, or this forum (or any other one), Tom.


Anyway, very glad both of you are mostly OK - from the other thread, sounds like your frame was totalled, Tom?