Originally Posted by RINGO
My wife got hit by a car last night while we were both riding to get some burgers, and I have it all caught on video tape.
Was there a video surveillance camera that caught the whole thing, did you videotape the accident, or just the aftermath? I'm confused here.
Originally Posted by RINGO
There was no traffic coming towards us at all .The road was clear and safe to reach the side walk, so it's not like we were riding against traffic, cause we were not. I went first, and my wife was behind me following. I got on the side walk then turned around, and the driver drove right into my wife, and she and the bike fell down in the street.
The diagram you drew makes it appear that you were riding the wrong way down the street, after running a red light and making an illegal left turn. Whether there were cars there is immaterial. You were not riding where you were suppose to be, and could have been cited by the police. It is also against the law to ride your bicycle on the sidewalk in New York City, and you could have been cited for that. According to your diagram, I see 4 violations that both you and your wife could have each been cited for.
Originally Posted by RINGO
He did not even care to look both ways.
It is negligence on the part of the driver, he should have looked both ways before driving out. He only looked towards the left hand side for cars while turn right into my wife, and did not even look to see my wife even though he just seen me ride on the side walk with a bright light.
If you're driving a car, do you look to the right when you are making a right turn out of a business? Very few people do because
they do not expect to be traffic coming towards them the wrong way. He may be partially liable for causing the accident, but he was not negligent.
Originally Posted by RINGO
This person did not even help my wife out the street
, some other people who saw everything helped her. He did not say a word the whole time, not even are you OK.
I'm sorry the driver didn't say anything but in today's lawsuit happy climate, I can't blame him
Originally Posted by RINGO
The cops keep trying to make me feel like the guy did not do nothing wrong, and that makes me very very VERY ANGRY. I wanted to hurt the driver but kept cool the whole time. The cop said "the guy did not have to look both ways before driving out the drive way", I said "That's crazy, what if someone cross the street and he hit them, then what?". It's like the police just took the side of the driver, and treated this problem like its no big deal.
The police are right, he really didn't do anything wrong. It's a good thing you kept your cool, the police would have had a field day with that.
Originally Posted by RINGO
They took my wife to the hospital cause she hurt her hand when she fell, so I had to walk home with both bikes (angry), and did not even get anything to eat from WhiteCastles.
When I was about to go home, I even talked to the driver and gave him a hand shake, and said "don't worry, everythings OK, she's not dead". He couldn't even look me in the face, he was in total shock about what just happened. He did not even say sorry, nothing.
I'm sorry your wife was injured and I hope she recoveres quickly.
If this happened in New York, and I'm guessing it did if you live in the Bronx, the driver's auto insurance will pay your wife's medical bills, no matter who caused the accident.