Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
If you hit a modern car in the right place, you could EASILY cause $3000 in damage. In fact, there's a thread right here on bikeforums where a guy hit a parked car and cause $4300 in damage.
Yes, but that's not a good example -- the damage done in that case is pretty minor and yet they say it was $4300 -- and then fixed it without even getting a second opinion.
But absolutely, if a cyclist smacked into the side of a car at 30 mph -- that could certainly cause $4300 damage, easily. Or the car could run into the cyclist, either way.