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Hit by a drunk driver last night

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Old 07-15-06 | 10:14 AM
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Hit by a drunk driver last night

he hit me and ran. That's all I'd like to say for now.
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Old 07-15-06 | 10:18 AM
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Old 07-15-06 | 10:19 AM
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he hit me and ran. That's all I'd like to say for now.

sh*t. that really sucks.

hope you came out without any serious damage.
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Old 07-15-06 | 10:20 AM
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that's ****ing awful. i hate that ****.
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Old 07-15-06 | 10:21 AM
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i'm alright... just want to throw that out there

oh and that my bike would be fine if he hadn't ran over my rear wheel when he ran.
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Old 07-15-06 | 10:48 AM
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Look for 4 "dude bros" in a Silver BMW 2 door, with a large henry sized dent in the passenger side..

someone has pics of the wheel.
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Old 07-15-06 | 10:55 AM
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Old 07-15-06 | 11:26 AM
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Look for 4 "dude bros" in a Silver BMW 2 door, with a large henry sized dent in the passenger side..

someone has pics of the wheel.
any plate info or other identifying marks?
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Old 07-15-06 | 11:44 AM
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WOW, I'm glad you're okay... Did they get outta the car? How'd you know they were drunk, and not just the regular stupid?
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Old 07-15-06 | 11:53 AM
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Partial plate # 32W mass. plates.

The cops took a report, but who knows how that will go.
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Old 07-15-06 | 11:59 AM
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the driver made a hard left from the far right lane (actually the right turn lane where its 3 lanes) going towards a bar, and it was near northeastern, so i would presume they were drunk. also i the fact that they were driving a bmw and still ****ing ran... prob had something to hide. ****** bags.
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Old 07-15-06 | 12:22 PM
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the supreme ******baggery of people never ceases to amaze me.
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Old 07-15-06 | 01:00 PM
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you did get the plate, you said? hope those drivers get ****ed for all you can get them for.

**** like this should count as assault and battery. or even a special sort of assault and battery for being done with a car.

god, i hate cagers sometimes.
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Old 07-15-06 | 01:41 PM
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keep hounding the police. I got hit years ago when I lived in Boston. Beacon st. Right by the Storrow drive entrance. The lady took off and I never got anything and they never caught her. I have a shoulder that has been damaged since the accident and no way to pay for the surgery to fix it.
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Old 07-15-06 | 02:15 PM
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You should definitely make sure the police follow up on it. I had my car hit in the parking lot once and some people were nice enough to stay and give me a partial plate #. I called the cops and he looked up all the plates that started with the first 3 digits I had, and said what kind of car they were until we found my match, a Ford Excursion. I hope you can do that with your plate. Good luck!
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Old 07-15-06 | 02:16 PM
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the driver made a hard left from the far right lane (actually the right turn lane where its 3 lanes) going towards a bar, and it was near northeastern, so i would presume they were drunk. also i the fact that they were driving a bmw and still ****ing ran... prob had something to hide. ****** bags.
glad nail's ok. who belongs to all of those pabst cans?
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Old 07-15-06 | 03:31 PM
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that bike is ****ed man. you can't possibly ride it ever again. you need to send it to me for appropriate disposal. send beer too
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Old 07-15-06 | 03:36 PM
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Wow, that's rough. Glad to hear you're okay though. Maybe now you can get that cog off. Kind of like when you bang on the lid of a tough jar...
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Old 07-15-06 | 04:03 PM
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Glad you're okay.

Now that frame has a weird bend in that seattube, best send it over here.
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Old 07-15-06 | 04:19 PM
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god damn. good luck getting those ****ers
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Old 07-15-06 | 05:09 PM
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damn henry, sorry to hear about that. i had a run in with a (possibly) drunk driver last night as well. i was commuting home from work down comm ave and this car coming from the opposite direction cut in front of me to take a left hand turn. no signals, and i had my front light going, as i always do during my commute. long story short i ****ed up my left leg pulling a hockey stop to avoid broadsiding him. this was right at BC. i am so bummed about not being able to do the zelda race.
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Old 07-15-06 | 05:19 PM
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damn henry, sorry to hear about that. i had a run in with a (possibly) drunk driver last night as well. i was commuting home from work down comm ave and this car coming from the opposite direction cut in front of me to take a left hand turn. no signals, and i had my front light going, as i always do during my commute. long story short i ****ed up my left leg pulling a hockey stop to avoid broadsiding him. this was right at BC. i am so bummed about not being able to do the zelda race.
did you have brakes on your bike? brakes would have helped avoid the hockey stop
for all you brake haters.
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Old 07-15-06 | 05:51 PM
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yes, i was running a front brake. it was so sudden, that if i hadn't thrown the bike sideways i would have hit him.
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Old 07-15-06 | 06:05 PM
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Were you wearing a helmet? did you fall?
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Old 07-15-06 | 06:53 PM
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Were you wearing a helmet? did you fall?
no and no
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