Got hit by a driver on thanks giving in Brampton while raining.

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Penguin Knight said:
well ... i missed my work today because of my leg , hard to walk since i work in construction.

as for making a claim i will pass , its too late now. If i do make a claim he will probably deny it since there is no damage to his car. and i will be stuck with my increased insurance. ( i dont even know if witnesses seen the hit, they prob seen me fly )

I hope some new riders here will learn on my stupidity

i will update you guys on whenever he pays or not on Thursday
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OP, don't let laziness stop you from trying to make this right. You've taken the day off already so at least go and file a police report. I assume you at least have the guy's details. A police report on its own does not equate to an insurance claim, thats the second step so you have absolutely nothing to lose by filing a police report. You are in Vaughan so the nearest is the york region reporting centre at Hillcrest mall I think. Go there and file one, it won't take long at all.

At least with a police report in hand, you can act like you have some leverage. Right now, you have nothing but a busted up bike. This guy might turn out to be a major ****** and in that case, he deserves to pay the consequences of his carelessness.

Do everything in your power to get compensated. If your efforts fail, at least you can say you tried. Right now, you are just taking it up the poop shoot. Don't do it.
 
OP...from the sounds of it you sound like a decent guy and there should be more honest people in the world. However YOU are the one that's getting f'ed right now by this SOB if he doesn't pay. I fully understand you not wanting to file a report and for all we know that guy will say you cut him off or whatever when questions arise.

My vote is to at the very least file a police report with whatever info you have from this guy. Should anything arise form it you need to have something to go back on. Do it while it's still fresh in your memory because as time goes, so does your clear recollection of the events that happened.

Not only that, if you do NOTHING then this guy may think it's ok to drive how he did with no consequences. Next time it won't be a busted leg but could be much worse for the next person. People barely learn from their errors when there are consequences, let alone when there aren't any.
 
filing a police doesnt screw him over. it protects you from being screwed over.

Incase you had to claim it later (ie doesnt pay), if you file through insurance, they'll refer back to the police report.

Best file that police report as soon as possible.
 
toshison said:
You are in Vaughan so the nearest is the york region reporting centre at Hillcrest mall I think. Go there and file one, it won't take long at all.
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The accident occured in the Peel Region. He'll need to file the report at a Peel Regional Police Station. The 4 divinsions are open 24/7. The nearest to the York area is 21 Division near the Bramalea City Centre.

The smaller Community stations are also an option but they aren't open at the Hours like the Divisions are.
 
OP, you are too nice. Next time, think about what a mean person would do - then do something 1 step slightly nicer than that.
 
Well from the sounds of the accident it seems like it would NOT be a not-at-fault accident as deemed by insurance, which is almost exclusively for stopped cars, and getting rear-ended by someone in the same lane going the same direction. There's an insurance fault determination guide and it says fault is assigned to both cars in different ratios for someone changing into your lane and hitting you even if you're going straight.

The fact that he may have been drinking, well, that would have changed things entirely.
 
If you're going to go to tye police maybe call ahead and see what they say. I rode around for two hours in rush hour with a seperated shoulder only to be told by the reporting offic and division that they wouldn't bother to get of their *****. Apparently if both parties aren't present they don't feel the need to do anything.
 
This really sucks man. I feel sorry for you. Hopefully you get your money. The **** part of this is you are missing out on so much compensation. You are asking for 400 bucks for fairings. You should make him pay for a licensed mechanic of your choice to check the bike out and make up a quote for everything that is wrong and the price to fix it. Then bring the guy the typed up quote and tell him he needs to pay this or you will be forced to go the legal route. I highly doubt it but it might be worth a try to drive by that fire station and see if they have a camera right outside. The station you crashed in front of is station#202 and the headquarters phone# is: 905-874-2700. To bad none of the guys/gals there saw this they would have been solid witnesses to create your case. There are still good people out there, I personally know this, but the next time the person displays the mentioned symptoms Please call the police.

best of luck
 
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The way Motor Vehicle Collision reporting works is as follows:

No injuries:
-Any vehicle contact at all:
Exchange info with parties. Police not required.

-Collision w/damage estimated to be under $1000 (for all vehicles involved) and vehicles are still safe to operate:
Exchange info with parties. Police don't respond. No police report required.

-Collision w/damage estimated to be over $1000 (for all vehicles involved) and vehicles are still safe to operate:
Exchange info with parties. Police don't respond. Come into station within 24hrs to make report.

-Any collision where vehicles are not safe to operate (within reason):
Police respond to call on non emergency basis. (don't call 911)

Motor Vehicle Collision with injury:
-Any damage at all with personal injury:
Call 911. Ask for Amb. Police will attend automatically.

RandomHero said:
If you're going to go to tye police maybe call ahead and see what they say. I rode around for two hours in rush hour with a seperated shoulder only to be told by the reporting offic and division that they wouldn't bother to get of their *****. Apparently if both parties aren't present they don't feel the need to do anything.
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Well who's the numpty for riding his crashed motorcycle around in rush hour traffic w/a seperated shoulder? :p lol!
If you called and explain what happend they would have come and taken a report for you.
Mind you they wouldn't have let you ride the bike if they knew your shoulder was seperated. ;)
 
Maybe the OP believes that impaired driving is ok? Driver hits you, says he didn't see a bike right beside him, red watery eyes and you think letting him go on his day is ok? I think drinking and driving is the dumbest thing next to letting a drunk drive away from a collision. I think we all make mistakes, but we should definitely learn from them. Maybe this guy was drinking and driving for the first time. No prob, report him and teach him a hard lesson. He will not learn anything because the worst thing that can happen is he pays you a few hundred bucks if you're lucky. Have zero tolerance for drinking and driving, have the balls to stand up for yourself and not let people HIT you and get away with it.
I'd say this is better than getting your bike stolen from a condo, but it's not. Your bike is screwed, your screwed and the other guy gets to move on worry free.
 
I think the OP realizes his mistake of being the nice guy in this case. Cut him some slack fellas....hope you get your money OP and also glad, the injury could have been worse. Live and Learn!
 
slowbird said:
The way Motor Vehicle Collision reporting works is as follows:

No injuries:
-Any vehicle contact at all:
Exchange info with parties. Police not required.

-Collision w/damage estimated to be under $1000 (for all vehicles involved) and vehicles are still safe to operate:
Exchange info with parties. Police don't respond. No police report required.

-Collision w/damage estimated to be over $1000 (for all vehicles involved) and vehicles are still safe to operate:
Exchange info with parties. Police don't respond. Come into station within 24hrs to make report.

-Any collision where vehicles are not safe to operate (within reason):
Police respond to call on non emergency basis. (don't call 911)

Motor Vehicle Collision with injury:
-Any damage at all with personal injury:
Call 911. Ask for Amb. Police will attend automatically.



Well who's the numpty for riding his crashed motorcycle around in rush hour traffic w/a seperated shoulder? :p lol!
If you called and explain what happend they would have come and taken a report for you.
Mind you they wouldn't have let you ride the bike if they knew your shoulder was seperated. ;)
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Haha, I didn't know it was seperated at the time! When I went to the colision center they said I had to go to the division because I was injured. When I went to the division they said both parties had to be present in order fr them to make a report. I didn't bother calling on site because I wasn't feeling pain for the first hour and disn't feel like waiting for the police to no show like they usually do.
 
I would have immediately called the cops. In fact, i believe you are required to by law if there are any injuries.

Regarding damage, though it might not look like much, small amounts of damage can be suprisingly expensive to fix. My neighbor knocked over my bike in a parking space and the damage was about $2500.
 
I just think both the OP and the drunk or idiot driver are lucky. OP is lucky that he didnt get seriously hurt; driver is lucky that OP went REAL easy on him.
If OP heals well and bike's dmg cost is less than expected, bravos. But if the costs is way over than expected amount, lesson learned for the OP. Nextime the OP will remember to call the cops.
 
baljci said:
I think what you have done is really nice of you. Once i tapped a ladies car due to road being icy and i really couldnt do anything about it and she just came out and said you okay? Dont worry about the car, things happen, share the love! And went her own way, this happened 10 years ago and ill always talk about her.

This guy learned his lesson, everybody makes mistakes in life, thats why its called an accident. I dont think he was drunk, come on, had his kid in the car. Anyways, you are a good person, keep it up!
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Theres a difference between a minor fender bender and being thrown off your bike by another driver - especially if they're impaired.

OP, you mentioned that you aren't going to file anything cause "they'd deny your claim" cause there wasn't any damage to the car. You also mentioned that you had witnesses.... So why don't you just file a hit-and-run since you have witnesses that were on scene?
 
Penguin Knight said:
so i did some search on the web for the plastics. Then went to see the guy today, told him it would be 400$ . He said he dosn't have the money and that he would pay Thursday 200 and then another 200 next week. Then i asked him if he was drinking... he said he had couple of beers

what do you guys think about that
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wow.. you let someone off the hook big time.

I would have been talking to 911 before even getting off the road.. (Helmet Bluetooth). No way a ****en drunken wanker is getting away. People's attitude change when they loose loved ones/family from drunk drivers.
 
PLau said:
Theres a difference between a minor fender bender and being thrown off your bike by another driver - especially if they're impaired.

OP, you mentioned that you aren't going to file anything cause "they'd deny your claim" cause there wasn't any damage to the car. You also mentioned that you had witnesses.... So why don't you just file a hit-and-run since you have witnesses that were on scene?
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He can't file for a hit-and-run because he TOLD the guy he was free to go/wasn't going to get police involved. Well, he might be able to, but that would make him more scummy than the driver (if he was indeed drunk.)
 
Op Glad Your ok and alive today to write this POST.... In my eyes Your lucky not to be dead !!!...People **** up and Drinking and Driving DRUNK or even over the legal limits is a accident waiting to happen... So next time he Runs my *** over and kills me because he got away with it once and didn't learn his lesson that time makes it ok ?......... sorry op not trying to be a ***.....
 
Well Thursday has passed, did you get your money? Also wondering if you took your bike into a shop and got it quoted for parts and labour. Please go this route, you are only cheating yourself if you don't.

Keep us updated!
 
EC2010 said:
+1. With his GF & kid in the car, you could've saved more lives by taking this idiot drunk off the road.
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Yeah normally I'm all for avoiding insurance for people but this guy sounds like he was on something with his wife and kid in the car.

Although I have yet to figure out why so many women will let their wasted husbands drive home drunk from parties when they usually didn't drink a drop... seems to be common at the events I've been to.
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