<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">The cop may have been wrong but in my own personal experience the (non)existence and substance of a citation is irrelevant in recovering damages. <div><br></div><div>Given the general disregard of traffic laws from both motorists <i>and</i> cyclists around here I can't see what possible difference passing another law or changing an existing law will make.</div><div><br></div><div><br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 6/3/10, Dan Barrett <i><dbx@pobox.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Dan Barrett <dbx@pobox.com><br>Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Police: Didn't see a bike? That's "reasonable and prudent."<br>To: "Boston Critical Mass" <list@bostoncriticalmass.org><br>Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 1:29 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">I think it's much more likely
that the biker will (successfully) look for<br>recompense from the driver. The cop's determination that the driver did<br>not commit any traffic violations does not mean that the driver exercised<br>the duty of care owed to those around her.<br><br>But yeah, the cop's reaction is a sad reinforcement of what we all already<br>knew.<br><br>d.<br><br><br>On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:12:27 -0400, rob levy <<a ymailto="mailto:r.p.levy@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=r.p.levy@gmail.com">r.p.levy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Most likely the driver will file an insurance claim against the<br>bicyclist<br>> (who doesn't have "car insurance") for whatever damages were done to his<br>> car. That ontop of whatever (lasting?) damages were done to the<br>victim's<br>> health (which may also be an additional financial burden, depending on<br>> health insurance etc.).<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Boston Critical Mass
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