shamrock48
Junior Member
CALIFORNIA
A year ago, I was stopped at a 4 way intersection, making a right hand turn. While making a right on red (was a legal turn), a bicyclist came from the right, thru the crosswalk in front of me. We collided and he was thrown from his bike. He landed on his head, and did suffer a cut on his head. He did not have a helmet on. He was moved off to the site of the road and taken to hosp for treatment and released. As far as the details of the accident. He was riding on the left side of the road against traffic on the sidewalk.
There was a sidewalk on all sides of the 4 way intersection. The police did not find me at fault. I was not ticketed for the accident.
My questions:
1) Shouldnt he have been wearing a helmet?
2) Should he have been on the left side of the road? There were no obstrcutions in the road for him to not have continued going straight on the correct (right side) of the road.
3) Can bicylists ride in the crosswalk?
4) My insurance company is tryin to settle with him and offering him my max bodily inj of $15k. He has filed a complaint with his attorney to my insurance for $75k.... What do i do if he doesnt accept?
Thank you in advance!
A year ago, I was stopped at a 4 way intersection, making a right hand turn. While making a right on red (was a legal turn), a bicyclist came from the right, thru the crosswalk in front of me. We collided and he was thrown from his bike. He landed on his head, and did suffer a cut on his head. He did not have a helmet on. He was moved off to the site of the road and taken to hosp for treatment and released. As far as the details of the accident. He was riding on the left side of the road against traffic on the sidewalk.
There was a sidewalk on all sides of the 4 way intersection. The police did not find me at fault. I was not ticketed for the accident.
My questions:
1) Shouldnt he have been wearing a helmet?
2) Should he have been on the left side of the road? There were no obstrcutions in the road for him to not have continued going straight on the correct (right side) of the road.
3) Can bicylists ride in the crosswalk?
4) My insurance company is tryin to settle with him and offering him my max bodily inj of $15k. He has filed a complaint with his attorney to my insurance for $75k.... What do i do if he doesnt accept?
Thank you in advance!