10-03-2010, 04:34 PM
Long story short..
Tuesday morning I was on campus riding my bike to class.. I was riding around campus using the usual paths because riding on campus SUCKS and there are not appropriate bike lanes to ride in..(only east campus)... I was maneuvering my way around pedestrians on the sidewalk near the post office and got hit by a car. I'm physically fine and my bike only suffered a bent handlebar. My approach on the situation was no harm no foul.. He said his car was fine and I wasn't dead so all was good. He got my name and phone from me and I never thought to get his as I had an exam to get to in 10 minutes( yes hindsight 20/20 I should have stuck around by I don't have time to deal with BS if I'm not dead or injured..) Well he called the JMU PD and I had to come in and talk with some officer and let him take pics of bike for a report.. He basically threatened me with a ticket of "leaving the scene of an accident" until we got this thing resolved...
Basically my thoughts are I swung out to get around people on the busy sidewalk and got sideswiped.. Now the guy is running around getting estimates with the expectations that I'm going to pay to fix his car.. His " cheapest" estimate(and only estimate I'm assuming) from Michaels autobody is $1200 to replace and paint a passenger quarter panel and headlight on a 2001 chevy blazer.. I'm calling absolute BS on this.. He says there is a dent on the corner of the quarter panel and the headlight is cracked.. Body shop told him it wouldn't be "structurally" sound to pop out dent..
As far as I'm concerened (and waiting on cop to confirm.. EDIT: NO EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS) there are no eye witness accounts of what happened and is basically his word against mine.. Should I tell the guy to piss off about fixing his car and see what happens (court?) or what kind of other things should be doing to work this situation out..
Tuesday morning I was on campus riding my bike to class.. I was riding around campus using the usual paths because riding on campus SUCKS and there are not appropriate bike lanes to ride in..(only east campus)... I was maneuvering my way around pedestrians on the sidewalk near the post office and got hit by a car. I'm physically fine and my bike only suffered a bent handlebar. My approach on the situation was no harm no foul.. He said his car was fine and I wasn't dead so all was good. He got my name and phone from me and I never thought to get his as I had an exam to get to in 10 minutes( yes hindsight 20/20 I should have stuck around by I don't have time to deal with BS if I'm not dead or injured..) Well he called the JMU PD and I had to come in and talk with some officer and let him take pics of bike for a report.. He basically threatened me with a ticket of "leaving the scene of an accident" until we got this thing resolved...
Basically my thoughts are I swung out to get around people on the busy sidewalk and got sideswiped.. Now the guy is running around getting estimates with the expectations that I'm going to pay to fix his car.. His " cheapest" estimate(and only estimate I'm assuming) from Michaels autobody is $1200 to replace and paint a passenger quarter panel and headlight on a 2001 chevy blazer.. I'm calling absolute BS on this.. He says there is a dent on the corner of the quarter panel and the headlight is cracked.. Body shop told him it wouldn't be "structurally" sound to pop out dent..
As far as I'm concerened (and waiting on cop to confirm.. EDIT: NO EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS) there are no eye witness accounts of what happened and is basically his word against mine.. Should I tell the guy to piss off about fixing his car and see what happens (court?) or what kind of other things should be doing to work this situation out..
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2006 4Runner V8 Limited|| Currently no BRAPS
Past
2007 DRZ400S || 2007 SV650 || 1998 Yamaha RT180 || 1998 XJ Sport || 2002 Subaru WRX Wagon || 1998 XJ Classic || 2002 VW Passat Wagon || 1992 F150 Custom
2006 4Runner V8 Limited|| Currently no BRAPS
Past
2007 DRZ400S || 2007 SV650 || 1998 Yamaha RT180 || 1998 XJ Sport || 2002 Subaru WRX Wagon || 1998 XJ Classic || 2002 VW Passat Wagon || 1992 F150 Custom