and pay for the damage.

...before posting on here?

the front wheel fell off my bike and i totally clattered myself in front of loads of kids from school. i was going fast too. serves me right for only spending a fiver on it.

itll be okay. if she calls you just say you cant pay. her premiums might go up.....what happened to it? maybe she wont call. i hope youre okay.

that sucks. And yeah, she can make you pay, even if she does have insurance. If it was your fault, or if a judge decides if it was your fault, if you go to court.

(But this is just how it works in America, I don't know that it's the same over there, obviously.)

she's going to sue you big time.

SHOULD GET A BAN REQUEST

just address. From experience with my mother and (frequent) crashes, nothing good can come of the other party having your number.

My advice = just don't answer your phone to an unknown caller. Cause that wouldn't be worth claiming on insurance.

Is there any chance she was in the wrong? If there's any doubt at all, just dispute her version of events. With any luck she won't be arsed to pursue it very far.

how much damage would a bike do to a car? i think the silly boot is overreacting.

i crashed into a car once but it was his fault as he went into a gas station as i was riding across it, on the road. he just drove off. my bike and me were ok though, just hurt a bit.

hope you are ok!

But it was parked so i silently limped away never to face the wrath of whoever owned it. ahh.

I've had similar things happen to me. The best thing to do is to kick off, tell them you won't be giving her nothing and advise her that she should jog on. Firstly, you shouldn't have given her your details, it's not as if you were in a car and had a plate number. Don't give her any money, tell her to get three quotes for repairs and if you're not happy with them then get a couple done yourself if you can. A lot of motorists are cunts and they'll insist that you go go the proper garage and pay over the odds, you need to tell her to piss off. I'd stash the bike at a friends house and completely deny it, unless you were on camera somehow.

Was it your fault? My friend had a similar experience. Basically this stroppy bitch in a girt 4x4 pulled left in front of her. She had no chance. So as she lay on the road the driver got out and immediately got all BIG on her in an effort to make look like it was my friends fault.
Anyway there were witnesses who leapt to her defence and all was ok. Well, apart from a bent front wheel and bruising.
So. Was it definitely your fault and were there witnesses?
Hope you and the bike are OK btw.

that's awful :( hopefully she'll come to her senses and let you off.

motorists just get pissed off very easily because they know they weren't paying full attention and are really quite scared they could have killed someone. I'd be surprised if she'd think about calling you up once she'd got back home.

when I was younger. Just after I got my first bike too. The motorist was really mean, they made me paint the scratch with some 'chipstick' or something. It's honestly scarred me for life, I never cycle anymore :{

she won't claim on her insurance as it isn't worth it, she'll try to get you to pay it.

Don't answer your phone to her. Seriously. If you ever do bump into her again or whatever, just say you must have missed the calls.

Sorry to hear about your accident : (
I reckon you should ignore any calls you receive. Or if you are feeling brave, speak to this woman, or even get a family/ friend to take the call. You shouldn’t accept any liability for the incident, as unless there are witnesses or camera evidence to prove you are the guilty party, it is probably unlikely you could be successfully sued for the damages.
The wing mirror isn’t likely to be too expensive to replace but the paint work could cost a fair whack, so best to avoid paying out if at all possible.

Obviously if solicitors get involved then you might want to reconsider but it is probably unlikely it will get that far.

Good luck!

Just answer and tell her you aren't paying anything and if she doesn't back off, you'll sue her for smashing into you.

:(

then pay up, simple as that. Fuck all this ignoring phone calls business.

quite softly, with another car, not a bike

tiny mark on the paintwork, but there's a dent, and the white paint underneath shows (it's a silver car)

£250

I can't imagine a bike did so much damage though

Details please.

I did the exact same thing today, I freaked out and gave her my real name, a fake address and my real mobile number (Because she rang it to check).

I got an advice from a friend to just ignore the calls, and also, get a friend (preferably of a different sex) to do a greeting on your answerphone using a totally fake name.

Like with me, I very much doubt that the bitch will get lawyers and all that red tape bollocks.. I'm still shaking and I'm still nervous, but that's just the adrenaline I expect.

Klaire, what say me and you band together and bloody well ignore them both?
If you like, we could talk about it more through MSN Messenger?

of it.

Bicycle into a car, seems like a bit of a grey area to me.