<div dir="ltr">The same thing happened to me last week. A mini van turned left in front of me leaving me no time to stop. I tried to turn away as much as possible. But, it hit me, I went down, and they kept driving away! They parked in their apartment complex nearby so I ran after them not really knowing what to do. Like you, I was more calm then I should have been because I thought I was alright. I told her to pay more attention and to have a good night. <div>
<br></div><div>When I got home, I thought how stupid it was to not get her contact info. She got off rather easy for a hit and run. Thankfully, I did too. Although, my whole left side is still covered in bruises. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Unfortunately, I realized tonight that my frame is bent. So, I take that as a lesson well learnt that exchanging information is a good idea. Other than that, I also don't really know what to do. </div>
<div><br></div><div>But, I sympathize.</div><div><br></div><div>Caitlin</div><div><br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Aaron D. Ball <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aarondball@gmail.com">aarondball@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">So I got doored on my way home tonight. No injuries, headlight was in<br>
pieces but went back together OK. I dodged and braked and dropped the<br>
bike and yelled "fuck" while I was in the air.<br>
<br>
The guy was quite apologetic. I was weirdly nice to him, completely<br>
not angry, just told him I was OK, asked him to watch out next time<br>
and wished him a good night.<br>
<br>
I came away with the feeling that I should have been more pissed off,<br>
or at least should have acted more serious so he'd be more likely to<br>
remember the incident and mend his wicked ways.<br>
<br>
What do people do in the event of accidents that are bad enough that<br>
you go down, but that aren't bad enough for cops and ambulances? In<br>
retrospect it seems at least exchanging contact info would have been<br>
wise, in case a problem turned up later.<br>
<br>
I hesitate to flood the list again so soon after the Seattle drama, so<br>
if this is another hot-button issue, feel free to write to me and I'll<br>
summarize.<br>
<br>
--Aaron.<br>
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