crap. i was just guessing and didnt have time to look it up, but i had no idea a full sized car was THAT heavy. great, now i am even more terrified of the suv drivers around here.

maybe i will take this opportunity to clarify my position: the party at fault definitely was the driver, and she was being particularly stupid. but in my life, in a city filled with idiotic drivers on cell phones in gigantic death machines ( appearantly many over 4 tons ), if you are going to use your rights to the road, you have to be super assertive and aggressive. cyclists simply have to be tremendously smarter, faster, and calmer than drivers. the drivers cause the accidents, and the cyclists try to prevent them. its clearly in our best interests. so yeah, she was at fault, and she got what she deserved, but its too bad you couldnt avoid the whole situation.
hows your hand/bike?