Frank, Glad to see you survived the incident. Material goods can be replaced/repaired. Be well, Bob S.
On Nov 29, 2007 2:48 PM, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 29, 2007 2:37 PM, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the US they'd call it an "accident" and the driver would go untouched > > (criminally). check out Jan/Feb 2008 issue of Bicycling. horrific > > story about bike/car accidents. > > The problem is that there were no witnesses. At least none that stuck > around. There was a vehicle behind her that would have presumably > seen the whole thing, but he didn't stick around. So, by the time the > cop got there, it was my word against hers. > > I said she blew the stop sign, she told the cop I blew the stop sign. > It was my word against hers, so there was not enough evidence for the > cop to lay a charge. The only physical evidence was where my bike > marked her car (right side of the front bumper) and where my bike was > bent (right seat-stay). The cop said that those marks would be > consistent with both our stories, so it didn't help him much. > > Everyone who says she should be charged is right, insofar as were > there independant witnesses to back up my story, she would have been > charged. However, without such evidence, it's not a chargeable event. > > I'm more or less out of luck... > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
