Got Hit By A Car On Halsted And Adams

On thursday May 2nd, I got struck by a car going westbound into adams same direction I was turning into. I wasnt hurt that bad and neither was the bike (although I've never been hit by a car in my life). The witnesses insisted I make a report which I did and it took forever and got my license taken from me and got a ticket and have to go to court now. Was it worth making a report? She actually stopped and gave me her insurance info. She told me If I didn't make the report, she would have wrote me a check. I've never been in a minor accident like this, so was It worth the police report?

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Permalink Reply by David of the North (David606xx) on May 7, 2013 at 10:32am

Get a good looking one, not one of those stupid looking helmets.  Can't stand those ugly-ass helmets!

Michael Perez said:

lol

Well I personally wanted to take the check but the witnesses who were generally old folks are the ones insisting on making the call.

You know how older folks are.

Well now I can finally say I've been hit by car.

I'll go helmet shopping next week as well brake shopping.

Juan 2-8 mi. said:

No helmet no brakes. Tsk tsk

Michael Perez said:

Well the reason why I didn't have a brake is because well, I haven't had time nor the money since I do live on a budget now. But yeah, she admitted to seeing me and still running me over but is still putting the blame on me.

notoriousDUG said:

I'll lecture you about not having ab rake on your fixed gear as well, very poor choice in city riding.

Permalink Reply by Michael A on May 7, 2013 at 10:41am

Along with closing the thread, it would probably be a good idea to delete the pics of your repainted bike BEFORE you removed the brakes. It does not say that you were breaking the law by not having a handbrake on your bike, but the pic's date can infer that you are inexperienced riding a fixed gear bike......Just saying

Permalink Reply by yai danche on May 7, 2013 at 12:50pm

That is terrible!  And is assault if they did that on purpose.  People are such slobs.  I've seen people chuck fountain drinks and lit cigarettes carelessly out the window.  They never landed on me, so I would like to think they were just being careless.  

Michael Perez said:

Just on the sidenote to everyone, I had another incident Monday morning with a passenger from a vehicle who thought it would be cool to throw hot coffee on my face because he had to slow down. This happened on archer and Rockwell. This is why I hate living in the Southside, no respect towards pedestrians or cyclists.

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