# I Was Hit By A Car On My Bicycle Today. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876 "2006-04-01T19:34:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/41 "2006-04-03T01:11:18Z")
I’m glad you’re OK, **Bosda**. Hope you feel better soon! ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/42 "2006-04-03T01:20:50Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Gonna have the lawyer my family does business with write a letter to the guy’s insurance company, once the paramedic/fire dept bill arrives. Whoa. So if you’re involved in an accident, and somebody sees it and calls the paramedics, they send you a bill afterwards? I mean, I know in this case it’s his fault and he’s got insurance to pay it (although, is he going to pay your lawyer’s fees to write him a letter too?), but what if you were riding along and hit a rock you didn’t see, and the same thing happened? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/43 "2006-04-03T02:20:26Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > That’s awesome. I sometimes want to hear “Blaze of Glory” too! > > Glad to hear you’re okay. I drove past a similar-sounding bicycle accident on Guadalupe in Austin yesterday, north of the UT campus. That wasn’t you, was it? Not unless you can see Tennessee from Austin. :dubious: And I almost went out in a blaze of glory. Well, the front grille of a Chevy Blazer, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/44 "2006-04-03T02:24:35Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Whoa. So if you’re involved in an accident, and somebody sees it and calls the paramedics, they send you a bill afterwards? Yup. :smack: > [@Rigamarole](#): > > I mean, I know in this case it’s his fault and he’s got insurance to pay it (although, is he going to pay your lawyer’s fees to write him a letter too?), but what if you were riding along and hit a rock you didn’t see, and the same thing happened? I’ll still get the same bill. Could reach $1000. :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/45 "2006-04-03T03:23:51Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Whenever you file an insurance claim like that, you have to inflate the value of your claim so that the insurance company won’t screw you. > > Claim that your bell was sterling silver, the streamers on the handle bars were made out of real hair, the basket was an heirloom, and the baseball cards in the spokes that flew away were one of a kinds. _makes notes_ Not that I’m going to run my bike in front of a car or anything. Oh, no, that would be terrible. At least not with me on it. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/46 "2006-04-03T13:42:31Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Bike ruined. Nooooooooooooooooooo!!! :mad: :mad: Oh, and I’m glad you’re OK, Bosda. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/47 "2006-04-03T13:43:50Z")
I’m so sorry. I came in here and made a joke, and didn’t wish \*\*Bosda \*\* well or anything. Hope you’re OK, **Bosda** , and hope the insurance pays for everything. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/48 "2006-04-03T13:48:23Z")
Damn. soory to hear about it. It’s good that you’re OK, though. I was hit on my way back from work circa six years ago. The guy very suddenly turned right into a drive, and I as next to him on my bike. Obviously he didn’t look (Did he signal? I don’t know – I was next to him). Didn’t hit me hard, but the front wheel was bent. It turned out my frame was cracked, too – but I couldn’t blame it on him, it had been deteriorating for some time, unbeknownst to me. I ended up getting a new bike. I wasn’t hurt at all, fortunately. He wasn’t going fast enough. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/49 "2006-04-03T14:18:26Z")
I am very glad you are ok. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/50 "2006-04-03T14:22:12Z")
Bikes can be replaced. Dopers can’t, especially Dopers like **Bosda**. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/51 "2006-04-03T17:25:55Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Going to the MD on Monday. > > Gonna have the lawyer my family does business with write a letter to the guy’s insurance company, once the paramedic/fire dept bill arrives. The medics are going to send you a bill?!? What kind of place is Dogpatch, USA? My fire company would send out a performace letter asking how we did on the call - which is basically code for, “We’re volunteers, please give us money,” but we’d never send a bill. Glad to hear you’re okay. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/52 "2006-04-03T19:56:56Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > What consenting adults get up to in their spare time is nobody’s business but their own. Or in their spare tire. I join the chorus of “they charge your for that??” Wouldn’t that be what part of local taxes are used for? And the guy that hits someone on a bike path and drives away: ☹ :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/53 "2006-04-03T20:20:30Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Or in their spare tire. > I join the chorus of “they charge your for that??” Wouldn’t that be what part of local taxes are used for? > > And the guy that hits someone on a bike path and drives away: ☹ :mad: He didn’t drive away. Who said _that_? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/54 "2006-04-03T21:18:20Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > He didn’t drive away. > > Who said _that_? 😕 Sorry; I was talking about **E-Sabbath** ’s story. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/55 "2006-04-04T14:09:18Z")
Oh MAN. :eek: ☹ Best wishes, Bosda, for a speedy recovery of both your physical wellbeing and all that you’ve lost. Around here they charge you for ambulance rides, too. We had to pay $500 for a friend of mine to get carted to the hospital. [hijack of horrible ER story] A dear friend of ours had been having back trouble for some time, at least partly due to his walking several miles a day between work and home for a few years. He collapsed while we were shopping one fine evening – and believe me, it’s only funny in retrospect having a lot of geeks surrounding you with medical advice they got out of the 3.5 manual or the latest X-Men comic. We called an ambulance, they strapped him to a body board, and we got to the hospital. It was about 7:30-8 pm. Of course, as he worked a minimum-wage job for a small company, he had no medical insurance. He was put on a gurney in the hallway and mostly forgotten by the nurses. I learned that in order to get the attention of an ER nurse you may need to use physical shaking, as they don’t respond at all to eye contact or “Excuse me, ma’am? Sir?” or, for that matter, loud and impassioned screaming. After all sorts of mishaps including a terrible bathroom accident (they shoved a mop at us) and watching the guy in the gurney down the hall (who came in later than us) get X-rayed and coddled and given pain medication and a room, we finally threw up our hands. I’ll never know how we did it, but we got our friend into a wheelchair and took him home under the very reasonable assumption that nobody there could or would do anything for him, and at least he’d be more comfortable at home. And they had the nerve to accost one of us at the door for the ambulance/hospital expenses. None of us were relatives or anything, but obviously our friend couldn’t pay – his job required things like standing, walking, and squatting, and he wouldn’t be able to do that for a while – so while they technically couldn’t FORCE us to pay before we took him home, apparently they gave the weakest (but wealthiest, at least in the terms of a recent college graduate with a ten year old car and student loans) link among us quite a hassle. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/56 "2006-04-04T17:09:22Z")
Where is “around here”, **Little Plastic Ninja**? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/57 "2006-04-05T00:16:21Z")
Sorry Bosda. Hope you feel better soon and that you get a brand new spanking bike, complete with a little bell and a personalized “Bosda” license plate. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/58 "2006-04-05T01:56:21Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I join the chorus of “they charge your for that??” Wouldn’t that be what part of local taxes are used for? [hijack] My brother had a bad accident a few months back. He slammed on his brakes to avoid a deer that had darted onto the highway. His car did a 360 before he ran off the road and crashed head-on into a tree. Fortunately he had only minor injuries, but he ended up with a $600 bill from the paramedics. [/hijack] Sending more good wishes your way, **Bosda**! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/59 "2006-04-05T14:02:49Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Where is “around here”, **Little Plastic Ninja**? Austin. Which is otherwise a very civilized place. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876/60 "2006-04-05T15:57:30Z")
Yeesh, glad you’re pretty much okay. I have quite a few friends who bike around San Francisco, and I hear these stories far too often. Speaking as a driver, it’s really not that fucking hard to not hit people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876.md?page=4)