| Re: Experienced Cyclist Killed in Colorado
David Reuteler wrote:
>
> psycholist <technico@wctel.net> wrote:
> > I got hit and nearly killed by one of those (17 year old inattentive driver)
> > about 18 months ago. It was no fun at all. She never apologized, never
> > called to inquire how I was doing during my hospitalization or rehab,
> > nothing.
Did her insurance pay for your medical stuff and a new bike? Her
insurance company probably told them not to have any contact with you
for fear you'd sue them for something more. I wouldn't care about an
apology from somebody that stupid, but blood or money would be
acceptable if there was enough of it.
> hey, me too (well, sorta, injury not near as bad). 16 1/2 in my case and
> last fall. i got off pretty lucky (went over the back of her car at 22mph)
> and escaped uninjured. she *KEPT* going, parked her car at the best buy
> lot and was going in when a truck driver who saw the whole thing caught up
> with her (gratifyingly, he was screaming at her).
>
> here's the real kicker.
>
> the accident snapped the rear q/r skewer so the bike wasn't rideable. she
> said ..
>
> "i'd like to give ya a ride, but i'm late for school."
>
> whoa. she stuck to that and i walked 3 miles home (this was on the way to
> work).
You mean you didn't turn her in to the cops for hit & run? Damn, you're
a saint.
> interestingly the 40-something lawyer who hit me (in my only other accident
> 12 years earlier) just handed me two $100 bills.
And didn't make you sign something? HE was a saint!
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Cheers,
Bev
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