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bragerz
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This took place in Chandler, AZ. To start off, I am a 24 year old college student / professional. I have a clean driving record. This is what happened to me yesterday at approximately 4pm PST.
I pulled out of my neighborhood from Superstition onto Chandler Blvd, making a right hand turn onto Chandler. Chandler Blvd is 3 lanes each way at this point. I accelerated to 45mph and remained in the right hand lane. Just as I get to the texaco station on the right at the corner of McQueen and Chandler, a motorcyclist with a passenger made an abrupt turn from the far left lane (right next to the median) and cuts directly in front of me across 2 lanes to turn into the gas station. I swirved and hit the brakes but clipped his rear end.
He got cited for an illegal turn, and I got cited for "speed greater than R/P to avoid collision". The speed on my citation is 45mph and the speed limit is 45. My neighbor was with me and confirmed all of the events with the police.
The motorcyclist is in some motorcycle club and the first thing he did was call his friend!!!!!!! NOT 911!!!! his passenger was on the ground bleeding and he was yelling at me, telling me *I* was speeding?!, etc! Both people on the motorcycle were flown to the phoenix trauma center even though both seemed to be ok.. (The guy was walking around talking, etc..)
Damage to my vehicle:
http://www.jeffnappi.com/accident/sP1010044.JPG
Map of location of accident. Green is the path of my car, blue is where I was heading. red X is where the accident occured.
http://www.jeffnappi.com/accident/map.gif
What should I do?
I pulled out of my neighborhood from Superstition onto Chandler Blvd, making a right hand turn onto Chandler. Chandler Blvd is 3 lanes each way at this point. I accelerated to 45mph and remained in the right hand lane. Just as I get to the texaco station on the right at the corner of McQueen and Chandler, a motorcyclist with a passenger made an abrupt turn from the far left lane (right next to the median) and cuts directly in front of me across 2 lanes to turn into the gas station. I swirved and hit the brakes but clipped his rear end.
He got cited for an illegal turn, and I got cited for "speed greater than R/P to avoid collision". The speed on my citation is 45mph and the speed limit is 45. My neighbor was with me and confirmed all of the events with the police.
The motorcyclist is in some motorcycle club and the first thing he did was call his friend!!!!!!! NOT 911!!!! his passenger was on the ground bleeding and he was yelling at me, telling me *I* was speeding?!, etc! Both people on the motorcycle were flown to the phoenix trauma center even though both seemed to be ok.. (The guy was walking around talking, etc..)
Damage to my vehicle:
http://www.jeffnappi.com/accident/sP1010044.JPG
Map of location of accident. Green is the path of my car, blue is where I was heading. red X is where the accident occured.
http://www.jeffnappi.com/accident/map.gif
What should I do?