craig007
Senior Member
4:30 pm, 80 degrees and sunny. On my way home from work. I was the first person stopped at a traffic light. There was another car stopped in the lane to my right. I had the bike in neutral and my hands off of the handle bars when BAM...I'm doing the rag doll thing. The bike goes forward a few feet, veers to the right and falls down, as do I.
As I am getting up, the guy is getting out of his car shaking his head. I ask him why he hit me....he just shook his head and said sorry. I started to pick up my bike, then asked him to help me and he did. As I rolled it off to the side of the road, I glanced at his licence plate, thinking I better memorize it. However, I had my phone and a pen in my top case so I went for that. When I turned around, that little @$^* took off. I just stood there thinking...I can't believe that he took off. By this time I had my helmet off and I didn't think that my bike would start, so chasing him was not an option.
I called the police (someone had already called them). The LEO came in a few minutes. He was pretty cool. He said that he was happy to see me upright because when he got the call he was thinking that I was hurt. He said that many people take off after accidents. I'm having him complete a report on the off chance that someone reports this bum.
I thought that I wasn't hurt (at the time). My left knee landed right on the knee pad in my riding pants. There was no immediate damage to me or my full gear. 2 days later, I am feeling some neck pain (so this is what whiplash feels like). I feels like I was in a rough foot ball game. Hopefully the stiffness will go away soon.
My bike inflicted some damage on the mini-van that hit me. It damaged his front grill. My license plate was bent. When I got home, I noticed a small crack in my Cal Sci wind screen, a cracked front headlight (it still works) and some scrapes on the front grill.
So...the lesson of the day...get the license of the person before has a chance to run.....it is sad, but you can't trust people in this situation.
I guess that any accident that you can walk away from is a good accident
As I am getting up, the guy is getting out of his car shaking his head. I ask him why he hit me....he just shook his head and said sorry. I started to pick up my bike, then asked him to help me and he did. As I rolled it off to the side of the road, I glanced at his licence plate, thinking I better memorize it. However, I had my phone and a pen in my top case so I went for that. When I turned around, that little @$^* took off. I just stood there thinking...I can't believe that he took off. By this time I had my helmet off and I didn't think that my bike would start, so chasing him was not an option.
I called the police (someone had already called them). The LEO came in a few minutes. He was pretty cool. He said that he was happy to see me upright because when he got the call he was thinking that I was hurt. He said that many people take off after accidents. I'm having him complete a report on the off chance that someone reports this bum.
I thought that I wasn't hurt (at the time). My left knee landed right on the knee pad in my riding pants. There was no immediate damage to me or my full gear. 2 days later, I am feeling some neck pain (so this is what whiplash feels like). I feels like I was in a rough foot ball game. Hopefully the stiffness will go away soon.
My bike inflicted some damage on the mini-van that hit me. It damaged his front grill. My license plate was bent. When I got home, I noticed a small crack in my Cal Sci wind screen, a cracked front headlight (it still works) and some scrapes on the front grill.
So...the lesson of the day...get the license of the person before has a chance to run.....it is sad, but you can't trust people in this situation.
I guess that any accident that you can walk away from is a good accident
