*PICS* Got hit by van, got nothing out of it?
So yesterday afternoon at about 4:30pm I was headed back home from a day at the beach.
I was going up Leslie, I had just passed Queen, theres like 5 cars ahead, the van at the very front was going slow.
I am riding my ebike (electric bicycle) on the road too, on the left hand side of the road (mind you, this is a one way street and cars are parked on the right.)
So, I passed the 4 cars and just as I am about to pass the 5th and last van at the very front, he makes a left turn without signalling into a drive-way, but hits me instead and I go flying onto the sidewalk.
Somehow when he hit me I guess a part of plastic from the body of my bike punctured his tire cause his tire got flat and there was like a hole in it. So anyways, I am fine with some bruises and scratches, my full faced motorcycle helmet owns, saved me head! w00t.
So anyways, since im riding an ebike, it doesnt need license, registration or insurance. So anyways we called the police to sort this whole ordeal out.
Police arrived 2 hours later, and paramedic came 1 hr after police came.
The police got my side of the story, the other guys side, and a witnesses side.
After doing lots of paper work, and me filling out a statement of what happened, the police officer comes to a conclusion that it was the guys fault and charges him with I forgot what, and gives him some demerit points. I get nothing out of this except possible long-term health effects and a damaged bike that no body shop can repair without charging ridiculous fees since my ebike is like new and like parts for it and repair is uncommon.
Lesson here: ebikes are considered bicycles, and always have right of way over any other vehicle always (thats what the police said to me)
Here is a summary what happened if your too lazy to read:
[IMG]http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/9018 ... eciyc3.gif[/IMG]
comments?
http://www.rogueelectrics.com/
edit: Added pic of what happened, animated.
edit: here is a before picture of my ebike, I will post an after pic as soon as I can get one.
edit: added link to Markham store that sells ebikes, also added new question: here
edit: added AFTER pics.
BEFORE:
[IMG]http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/9036 ... idepb8.jpg[/IMG]
AFTER:
[IMG]http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5328/fullsideur7.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/395/si ... ackzo2.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1628/sidefrontlu3.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2658/topbacknn0.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/495/topfrontgc1.jpg[/IMG]
I was going up Leslie, I had just passed Queen, theres like 5 cars ahead, the van at the very front was going slow.
I am riding my ebike (electric bicycle) on the road too, on the left hand side of the road (mind you, this is a one way street and cars are parked on the right.)
So, I passed the 4 cars and just as I am about to pass the 5th and last van at the very front, he makes a left turn without signalling into a drive-way, but hits me instead and I go flying onto the sidewalk.
Somehow when he hit me I guess a part of plastic from the body of my bike punctured his tire cause his tire got flat and there was like a hole in it. So anyways, I am fine with some bruises and scratches, my full faced motorcycle helmet owns, saved me head! w00t.
So anyways, since im riding an ebike, it doesnt need license, registration or insurance. So anyways we called the police to sort this whole ordeal out.
Police arrived 2 hours later, and paramedic came 1 hr after police came.
The police got my side of the story, the other guys side, and a witnesses side.
After doing lots of paper work, and me filling out a statement of what happened, the police officer comes to a conclusion that it was the guys fault and charges him with I forgot what, and gives him some demerit points. I get nothing out of this except possible long-term health effects and a damaged bike that no body shop can repair without charging ridiculous fees since my ebike is like new and like parts for it and repair is uncommon.
Lesson here: ebikes are considered bicycles, and always have right of way over any other vehicle always (thats what the police said to me)
Here is a summary what happened if your too lazy to read:
[IMG]http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/9018 ... eciyc3.gif[/IMG]
comments?
http://www.rogueelectrics.com/
edit: Added pic of what happened, animated.
edit: here is a before picture of my ebike, I will post an after pic as soon as I can get one.
edit: added link to Markham store that sells ebikes, also added new question: here
edit: added AFTER pics.
BEFORE:
[IMG]http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/9036 ... idepb8.jpg[/IMG]
AFTER:
[IMG]http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5328/fullsideur7.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/395/si ... ackzo2.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1628/sidefrontlu3.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2658/topbacknn0.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/495/topfrontgc1.jpg[/IMG]
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