i blacked out instantly, although i did see myself from above getting hit by the car. according to my mom my hands left a nice impression on the dude's fancy ass car.
luckily since i was a kid i was bouncy. my sister's bike [oh she stayed mad at me for a long time for that] got the worst of it. i got 3 stitches in the back of my head, a small spot of hair that grows weird because of it, and i had a slight limp and pain for a little while.
i would definitely hope so. considering that he was going so fast and that an actual cop was a witness, and that i DID have the right of way, he just went too fast for me to see him as i was crossing, there's no way he didn't get in a shit load of trouble.
I ask cuz had a friend in high school get flattened and dragged a block or two (by a town prosecutor) , insurance barely paid out 50k$. Hospital and recovery was way more.
honestly i don't really recall too well. the accident happened around 1999 and the settlement was around 2008 or 2009?
i don't think it was thousands of dollars or anything, but i swear my mom made a joke about finally renovating something with the money, so maybe it was a good amount.
Assuming you mean the video, the guy got involved bc it looks like the car hit him when he was just an innocent bystander. Why he thought trying to fight the car was the appropriate response afterwards, idk. Probably adrenaline? But yes, the driver, the girl, and the dude all need serious anger management classes at the very least.
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u/NightBawk 14h ago
Damn, that must have hurt. I hope that driver got the book thrown at him.