speaking of all this, can someone recommend a good bike vs car accident lawyer?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/22/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">turtle</b> <<a href="mailto:turtle@zworg.com">turtle@zworg.com
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi welcome to warmer, yet chillier (in disposition) Boston!<br><br>I believe that your case most definitely warrants a police report. By
<br>state law, all crashes that iinvolve either and injury or property<br>damage have to be reported (by all drivers of vehicles, including<br>cyclists). So, while you may not have any damage to yourself or your<br>vehicle, and you aren't legally required to report the crash, you were
<br>still hit, and that is something that the government, and bicycle and<br>general traffic safety advocacy groups want to know about (via<br>government statistics). So reporting the crash is at least helpful for<br>society, if not you individually.
<br><br>Also, hit-and-run is absolutely a criminal offense (as opposed to just<br>hitting someone, and sticking around, which is just a civil offense).<br>You've got the info that the cops need to investigate, and maybe even
<br>prosecute. If there were any witnesses it would be even better for<br>your case.<br><br>So yeah, you should file a report. You'll need to make a couple of<br>copies of the report (usually available at the local PD's website and
<br>definitely at the station itself). It's too late to have them come and<br>take a report in person (they usually ask you to come in to the station,<br>unless both parties are there at the time and/or you are still in<br>
danger). And I've never heard of the PD taking a report over the<br>phone. A lead maybe, but not an actual report where you want to file<br>charges.<br><br>So yeah, please do file a report!<br><br>Peace, Love, and Bicycles,
<br>Turtle<br><br><br>Boston Critical Mass <<a href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">list@bostoncriticalmass.org</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> Hello, all.<br>><br>> I'm new to the Bostonland area, having just moved from Chicago. Is there a
<br>> non-emergency police hotline around here, to report non-injury accidents and<br>> such (analogous to Chi's 311)? Like when some jerkface in an SUV nicks your<br>> back corner and, uh, drives off? But you have their plate number and you
<br>> tailed them to their parking spot and building in an adrenaline-fueled<br>> sprint even though you had groceries in your pannier?<br>><br>> Does that even rank a call to an authority or should I just return to their
<br>> house and leave a small note on the car, with a few sentences on etiquette<br>> and a remark about our mutual luck this afternoon?<br>><br>> Thank you!<br>> -Robin.<br>><br><br><br>----------------------------------
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