There are quite a few bike-type lawyers out there that could offer better advice to you than 'free bikeforums legal advice' - if you seek restitution, it would behoove you to engage someone who knows the processes, your rights, and so on. Not someone who 'has this friend who saw this tv once...'

be sure to see a doctor too, if you have not already. having someone scrub day-old roadrash with an iodine sponge is awesome. If little road bits are still embedded in your flesh, getting them all out would be a good thing. if they knee is swollen, have it looked at for sure.

if you go after the driver and are awarded a financial sum above the total cost of your bills, please use the first 50-75 for a helmet. I prefer to see who technology works than how the human body can fail.

Holy crap. My condolences for having to be the victim of this jerk. Good luck with all the legal stuff, and with the healing stuff.

Helmets are more fashionable than ever right now.

yeah. also take pictures of all your injuries. hope you heal fast and well. that suuuucks =(

What an antisocial prick. Eye for an eye.. guy should be forced by the courts to ride a bike while you drive his own car into him yourself so he knows how awful it feels to have someone endanger your life.

You are a lucky guy to have not been hurt more.

This brings back memories of threads last summer where people around the country were getting hit and killed by drivers and the drivers were always getting off the hook. In my fury over this, I casually suggested that a driver could attack a cyclist and it wouldn't matter one bit. Of course, the 'flaw' here is that you lived to tell and you have witnesses and evidence. But it does appear, that if you were alone, and died as a result, the driver would have gotten off scott free. Unbelievable and totally scary.

I kind of like this justice!

If he has car insurance you can get **** tons of cash for this. If he doesn't he'll probably just go to jail for a few months for assualt with a vehicle or something like that.

Thanks for all the info... I'm feeling somewhat ok today..

I hopped in the shower and scrubbed everything out as best I could.. all while screaming at the top of my lungs. ow.

Anyways, of course a police report was filed. I think about 4 police cars, an ambulance, and a fire truck showed up.
Maybe I'm just naive, but i feel pretty confident that they'll get the person.

A helmet is on the way.. for sure!

Damn you are lucky. Glad you're feeling at least a little better and its good that all the cops firetrucks etc showed up even if they weren't totally necessary. I'm sure they'll catch the guy (at least the owner of the car) and maek sure to get a good attorney and sue his ass off. Oh yeah and get agood helmet.

Oh man this makes me so sad to read I'm scared that something like this will happen to me or my friends; Milwaukee drivers are not nice. I'm very glad you're pretty okay though!

A solid mixture of your story, its proximity to home, and the rain today has inspired be to go buy a helmet. I hope all is well and that you get some justice out of this.

Glad to hear you filed a report. You should talk to a lawyer as soon as you can, one who will sympathize with the mental trauma that you will have to deal with for the rest of your life.

That's great news. Glad to hear you're coming out ok.

If you can swing it, it's good to go to the doctor anyway, just to have that on the record . If not, take pictures of all the road rash & misc. injuries for later documentation.

I second the vaseline on road rash rec.- makes things heal much faster and more comforably. Use a new bottle, not something which has been sitting in the bathroom for years, cover with a bit of gauze.

Forget about the $ issue, help get that pos off the road before he kills someone.

+1
Document everything for later.

Yikes! That is bananas! (plural) Good to hear that you are alright. Good luck with all pending legal action. By the wayside are you going to be racing tomorrow?

might wanna contact a local paper to see if they can help flush the people responsible for it out (ya never know... saying it was xyz model/year/color of car can sometimes make people curious of those they know.

just an idea.

also, heal up, keep the wounds clean, sleep w/o sheets. Look into getting those special bandaids that are not gauze, but the padding like part of a normal bandaid, as well as paper tape. Works wonders as far as keeping em covered. Also be sure to keep them out of the sun once they heal, as you might end up with some scaring.

suggestions for the future....
get gloves and a helmet. just my $.02, but I think these are the BEST things to have if you ride all the time, as the gloves will save your hands and the helmet might save your life. Better to have one and not need it than need it and not have it I guess.

Get better

dont answer this question

just get a lawyer

First, glad to see you didn't get killed.

Second, if you're considering any legal action at all (and I would) - take the other poster's suggestion and shut up. Anything you say could potentially be used against you. For example, you say you "hopped in the shower." So I take this to mean you didn't need any assistance, that immediately after the accident you were able to carry on with normal activities, and that you even "hopped" into the shower as opposed to crawled into the tub or lying on the bathroom floor, unable to move and about to pass out from the pain - hmmm, perhaps your injuries aren't so bad as you claim.

And that's how the other side is going to spin it.

if you still have any gravelk stuck in your skin you can use a dry sponge or old pantyhose to rub it out it hurts like hell but it is better than an infection also good call on the helmet a couple months ago I just about killed my self and three j walking drunks now I own two battle hats ( just sounds cooler than helmets ) on full face dh style and a bell ghisallo for the warmer / 110degree summers

+1 battle hats!

That's not spinning anything that's the truth. His injuries are and were not incapacitating and he should never claim they are. The only way that statement could be used against him would be to impeach perjurous statements he might make and possibly get any scumbag lawyer that would encourage them disbarred.

it is possible that he is injured but just hasn't become aware

the truth??? since when does that matter? the point is that each side will attempt to place its client in the best light by emphasizing favorable facts and de-emphasizing less favorable facts. it would be very favorable to the other side if they knew he was able to casually hop in the shower. i'm certainly not suggesting that he lie. also, whatever a party to the action says is admissible against him - it doesn't just have to be for impeachment.

he may have taken a bunch of pain pills and consumed some alcohol before he attempted that maneuver with the shower...

=)