I was hit by a taxi while biking on a marked bike route (in NYC, we have bike lanes as well as "Share the Road" bike routes). The road was too narrow to pass and the taxi decided he didn't want to wait the four blocks (about 60 seconds) until it widened. He honks once, hits me from behind. I go flying to the ground. Fortunately, I was fine, and the bike was fine. He drives off, but in Brownstone Brooklyn, there are always old people sitting on their front stoops. Several people got the medallion number of the driver.

I called 9-1-1, but since I was not injured, they told me to file a report at the local precinct. At the police station, they just said, no, there's nothing we're going to do about it. It happens all the time, but if he does this to you again, then you should file a report! I said, since he made contact, isn't this a hit and run, and they said yes, but we still can't do anything about it.

The only recourse I had was to file a complaint with the Taxi and Limousine Commission. At least, this way the driver has to take the time off to come to a hearing and be yelled at by me. I guess he could be fined, but I had to take a day off work just to do this. Fortunately, I got all the old people who witnessed the event to all file separate complaints too, so he has to go five or six separate hearings as we all received different hearing times (we all called separately). If the driver does not show, he is found guilty automatically.

Hit and run, no recourse.