Originally Posted by
2 wheeler
I would have waited for the cops, but when you've just been through something like that, you don't think clearly. I was hit, in about the same way, when I was a teenager. The car tried to run, but witnesses stopped the car. I was a bit jangled and wasn't thinking clearly and, like you, waved them off and said I was ok. I was scraped up and my bike had some damage, but I didn't realize it at the time.
I think it's best to wait for the cops, because immediately after an accident like this, one can't sort out the situation properly.
Hope you get better soon!!
Cops don't come to the scene of a traffic accident unless there's a major injury or major property damage, and I don't think this incident in the OP qualifies. By all means exchange phone numbers, and in this case there were witnesses so get some details for them, but if the worst result was a slightly out of true front wheel, then other than getting the driver to pay for the LBS to fix it, I don't see what else could be done.