Originally posted by bac
BTW, the old, standard "I didn't see him" excuse is total bull. In order to @ least create some negative reinforcement with this lady, she should incur some sort of pain. Perhaps it's cash out of her pocket, or something else. However, for the sake of all the rest of us cyclists, she needs to pay something.
It's an ACCIDENT. The driver most likely didn't do it on purpose. Accidents happen and the woman isn't bad or should be "punished" for being in one or causing one. We could be in the very same situation as this woman someday. This is a happy story because no one was seriously hurt.
What someone does after the fact should determine how evil someone is.