Originally posted by AdrianB
If riding home I ran into a kid who was behaving irresponsibly and it resulted in damage to the bike I would be damned glad that neither person was seriously hurt and think about being more careful in the future wherever I went.
Well,
I agree with you that the most important thing is no-one was hurt, but I don't think you understood the situation presented.
Shokhead was riding along minding his own business and was hit from the side by an inattentive child. In other words, he didnt run into anybody, he was ran into.
Now, you may have a point that taking it further might be more headache than any money recovered is worth, but that doesn't get the kid or their parents out of a moral responsibility to be accountable for their negligent actions.
I guess maybe nobody takes responsibility for hurt they cause down there in AU, but I dont buy that, as I have a friend living in Denmark, Western AU, and he would have told me about something like that.
take care,
Jester