Motorist hits Biker, gets pwned!
 

So on Friday the 29th of June at 17:43 at the corner of Mavis and Burnhamthorpe in Mississauga, Ontario a Black Camry, licence plate XXXXXXX, hit a cyclist crossing the street. He got pwned by two cyclists afterwards!

Basically the light was green for us to cross Burnhamthorpe on the northside where the bike path is. Southbound Mavis at that corner has a right turn lane and a right turn light as well. The Black Camry missed the light turning yellow to make his right hand turn. He was going through the red light. He hit the cyclist that was crossing just ahead of me. Luckily the cyclist was unhurt except for some scrapes on his right lower leg.

So far it looks like just another minor accident right? Well, here's where he got pwned. He didn't stop. He completed his right turn and sped away. As he turned right he exposed his rear licence plate to me. I started repeating the plate to myself (deleted plate number, deleted, deleted) over and over until I crossed the intersection. Once safely across I yelled at the other cyclist to stop, he did. Then I told him: Hold on a second and remeber this plate: deleted. As I'm repeating the licence plate in my head I open my bag on my bike rack and pull out my Moleskin notebook, you know... the same type of notebook Hemmingway used. I wrote the licence plate down, the time and details. Then the other cyclist called the cops.

Right behind us came an old man on a motorized wheelchair. He saw the whole thing as well. When the cops arrived we gave them the details, our testimonys and so on. The took our names and numbers and took off to arrest the driver.

By now you've probably figured out why. The motorist commited a felony hit-and-run. Which is a criminal offence. Since there wasn't any bodily harm the charge will be lesser. But if he does in fact get convicted, he still have a criminal record.

It's the only thing we could do but when it comes to a motorist hitting a cyclist, I have a zero tolerence policy.

(Moderator note: I'm not sure about potential legal repercussions to Bike Forums concerning posting a plate number especially considering the motorist as of yet hasn't been convicted of anything, so I am deleting it to stay on the conservative side here. -Tom Stormcrowe)

Administrator's note. Tom isn't old enough to be senile, yet I had to delete the plate again. There will not be a third time. - Brian

Luckily the rider wasn't hurt. Calling the call was the right thing to do.

While you were on the phone with the police, did you report the JackAss who was boasting on BF how he keyed a car with his multitool while the driver was not present? I believe you witnessed that crime also.:rolleyes:

Good job!

That happened hours afterwards. And as far as I'm concerned, she deserved it.

What does "pwned" mean?

^^ "owned"

The motorist isn't pwned until he's in jail unfortunately.

ahhhh---you kids with your cute slang!

I go by there sometimes with my car. I can see the logic in the car driver's head... "run for the highway, they can't catch me there". But never thought to consider any witnesses.
He'll probably get a slapped with a really hefty fine and criminal charge even though no one was injured. We've had a slur of hit and runs this year and last year and OPP has to be getting tired of these runners.
Good thing no one was seriously hurt.

hey I was biking around there recently. That's a pretty dangerous intersection. Do you ride all along Burnhamthorpe? When I'm in Mississauga I use it a lot, as well as little farther north, the tenth line path and the glen erin/montevideo area.
this story reminded me to keep a pen in my topeak.

I use Burnhamthorpe all the time. Corner of Mavis is the most dangerous on that path. I also bike on the Gen Erin trail, Sawmill Valley, Culham and Waterfront.

You story doesn't add up. I thought Camry's only came in beige. ;)

I bet that is exactly what the hit and run driver was thinking too. Karma is a funny thing...

I thought beige was exclusive to Corollas. :o

Who deserves getting hit by a driver running a red light for crossing the street on a green?

x2 karma doesnt descriminate

So who made you judge, jury, and legislature?

My morning coffee has been replaced by the dash onto the freeway. It's one of the few places where I can run through the gears on my motorcycle really quickly. This morning, I noticed the front fender of a UHP car pull up next to me at the light. I turned to get a look at the driver, and she was pretty cute. Sleeveless dress, talking on her cell phone. Wtf? That was no UHP driver, and there was no "Out of service" sign. :(

Cops headed over to the guy's place to arrest him. Looks like he got owned. And it looks like they're going to follow through; got a call from the cops to come by and give a written testimony.

:D

Good job, sounds like somebody who deserves it will be getting a felony rap.

That's mauve, actually.

Good on you for calling in a hit and run.

EDIT: And I'm glad you're okay!

And I see one of my peeps has edited it out, yet the OP posted it again. This does not bode well for the OP. I don't expect to see anything but the letter X next time I check it.

[edit] Ok, there is a chance that Tom might be getting senile. Poor old bugger.