Excellent advice to contact Bob Mionske, wish I'd thought of it. Re: the hit & run, I have the same issue; however, if the person is not seriously injured, and they don't catch the guy in time to do a DUI test on him, I'm afraid the cops won't and probably can't do much. Kind of a "no harm no foul" situation. They know no jury's going to put the guy away for trashing a bike, anyway. They sure don't put people away for stealing bikes...
------------ Patrick Lenon > Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:37:04 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Advice for hit and run > > This sounds outrageous to me: a hit-and-run that could have killed > someone and the police imply it's not worth their time... And, the > driver (or at least the car) has been located and there are witnesses. > Do you have to die to get the police to take action or is it sufficient > to sustain a concussion and end up in the ER? > > > > As a result, the police will just mail a ticket to the address of > the car owner. > > The police say they can't do anything else, and that my friend will > just have > > to handle it in Civil Court to get money for the damages. > > One place for your friend to start is on Bob Mionske's web page: > > http://www.bicyclelaw.com/ > > Bob is an attorney in Portland, OR specializing in bike law. His web > site says he handles bike accidents in every state and welcomes calls > for free consultation. I'm sure he knows the dangers of the E Johnson > St bike lane from the many years he lived on the Isthmus. > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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