Gregg Magnus

This goes for any crashes whether bike/car or car/car. It's totally dependent on the agency. Some agencies will respond to any crash to assist in the info exchange, some only if there are injuries, some will actually investigate and if fault can be determined issue a citation.

My advise, any injuries call. Other driver is aggressive, confrontational or otherwise makes you uncomfortable with the situation call. If it's minor just bike or car dmg and you can facilitate an info exchange btwn driver(s)and/or cyclist safely out of the flow of traffic handle it yourselves. If you handled it w/out police sometimes insurance companies may want a police incident #, you can call non emergency later for those purposes just for a # to give the insurance company it won't create any investigation.

Hope that helps some.

Gregg

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On Aug 6, 2011, at 15:06, "Dan H" wrote:

> I guess the only reason police would be there would be to issue a citation if one was called for.
>
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>> On a group ride this morning in Salem, one of our riders was struck by a left turning vehicle. He was able to get up. His bike is demolished.
>>
>> We called the police to the scene. The officer said...there are no serious injuries and no road obstruction - why am I here?
>>
>> How should we have handled this? Should we have not called the police to the scene but simply requested the driver's insurance information? How is a case # established without the police arriving at the scene?
>>
>> Jen
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I guess the only reason police would be there would be to issue a citation
if one was called for.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jen"
To:
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 2:17 PM
Subject: [OBRA Chat] When should the police be called to a
bicycle-carcollision?

> On a group ride this morning in Salem, one of our riders was struck by a
> left turning vehicle. He was able to get up. His bike is demolished.
>
> We called the police to the scene. The officer said...there are no serious
> injuries and no road obstruction - why am I here?
>
> How should we have handled this? Should we have not called the police to
> the scene but simply requested the driver's insurance information? How is
> a case # established without the police arriving at the scene?
>
> Jen
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