Originally Posted by gadabout007

I almost got screwed by a driver in January of last year. Driver made a left hand turn in front of me and I t-boned him at 42 kph. Frame split along the bottom of the top tube, front wheel was taco'd, and my seat was shredded.


I ride every now and then with a lawyer... he's a property lawyer not a personal injury lawyer, but his advice to me after hearing the story was... if you hit the deck during the accident and have injuries, stay down and wait for the ambulance. Accept treatment and go to the hospital if they ask you to. Never tell the driver or witness' you're okay even if you are. There may be injuries you're not aware of. In my case it was bruised/inflamed kidneys and almost a month off the bike. Had I handled things differently, I could have also got some pain and suffering damages. Which I would have been okay with since the driver tried to lie to the cops and place blame on me.