Mark J. Ginsberg
Josh,
Well, so long as you were going walking speed you had the right of way, but bikes on the sidewalk are statistically dangerous.
As for follow up, you can report it to DMV via a form they have. The DMV are on the fence as to whether bicyclists should report collisions, but they will let you. They will then look for a form from the adverse driver to match up with your form. You could also doa police non-emergency call but the PPB will be not very interested and will tell you that so long as the driver stopped you need to work it out with driver and drivers ins co.
I think you should you care about reporting it to DMV b/c that data base is used to calculate crash rates and where we need to put more fuinding for bicycle safety.
You can also pursue a claim for your injury, but if it is a bruise you may chose to not.
I am happy to talk off list if you wish about the subtleties and details.
Mark
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--- On Wed, 5/27/09, Josh Townsley wrote:
From: Josh Townsley
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Hit in crosswalk... what's the correct response?
To: obra@list.obra.org
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 8:57 AM
So on my ride to work this morning, I was riding across a
cross walk, with a full walk signal, not even blinking, when a guy turned right
across my path. I was at a walking pace.
Just a bruised leg for me, and a very small wobble in my
front wheel.
It’s the crosswalk on Naito, going across Market. Cars
are coming off of I-5 here, so they always seem to be ready to turn right as
quickly as possible.
Besides the verbal attack he got from me right after, is
there anything else I should be doing? I don’t really care about getting
him in trouble. He was a young kid, running late for school. I imagine after
hitting a bicyclist, he’ll always double check the crosswalk is open from
now on. He did freely give his name and number.
Is there somebody this should be reported to just for
statistics? Should I care about that?
Thanks all-
Josh
Josh Townsley - Bike
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