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02-14-12 | 11:19 PM

#26

fat_bike_nut

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From: San Francisco!

Bikes: 2010 Surly LHT (main rider and do-everything bike), 2011 Bike Friday NWT (back-up bike and multi-modal)

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Originally Posted by DJ Shaun

Glad your OK.

I've joined the club twice thanks to hit & runs. Since I wasn't injured the drivers just don't bother sticking around.

Wow, you're lucky.

I've only had one hit & run so far (and my only car hit so far), but I ended up in the hospital with a compression fracture on my spine and they never did find the jerk who hit me and took off

02-15-12 | 02:16 AM

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Bill Kapaun

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From: Mid Willamette Valley, Orygun

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Originally Posted by CB HI

A safe bet since for adult cyclist it is the motorist fault 70 to 90% of the time depending on the study.

I did reject the San Francisco news paper so called study that claimed cyclist at fault over 50% of the time. When they are using police reports where the cyclist were repeatedly blamed based on excessive speed. Really, the cyclist is so many of those cases was speeding and the motorist were not.

I certainly wouldn't play Russian Roulette with those odds!

It seems a bit strange the OP didn't want to get into the minor stuff like "details".

02-15-12 | 06:50 AM

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EKW in DC

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From: Alexandria, VA

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Originally Posted by DJ Shaun

Excessive speeding by cyclists? Are there that many competitive racers in SF?

No, but there are a lot of big, steep hills. ;-)

02-15-12 | 03:31 PM

#29

DogBoy

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From: Upper Midwest USA

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Originally Posted by Bill Kapaun

It seems a bit strange the OP didn't want to get into the minor stuff like "details".

Just following protocol. But thanks for the vote of confidence.

02-15-12 | 05:14 PM

#30

Bovice

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As everyone else said, welcome to the club.

3 time member myself, the last time being roughly a year ago.

02-16-12 | 02:18 AM

#31

Digital_Cowboy

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From: Tampa/St. Pete, Florida

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Originally Posted by Bill Kapaun

I certainly wouldn't play Russian Roulette with those odds!

It seems a bit strange the OP didn't want to get into the minor stuff like "details".

Actually, no it doesn't. Lawyers and insurance companies have employees on their payroll whose job it is to surf The Net looking for details of crashes to either deny a claim or to mitigate the responsibility of their client in the crash.

So why make the lawyers/insurance companies job easier by posting details about a crash?