Can I vent for a minute (because I guess I can't do anything else?)
A van hit my bike while I was riding in the bike lane on Harbord St. just now. I'm totally fine, my back is a bit sore. My front wheel went under the side of the van and it's kind of fucked up now. The guy was turning north off Harbord into an alley and didn't look for me. I grabbed some pics of the van as it drove away. A girl smoking there saw it and asked if I was ok and said "that's messed up."
#Toronto #BikeLanes #Drivers
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Took me maybe 10mins to unjam my wheel which wouldn't move, the front fork is a bit smashed. Got it moving and then I thought maybe he's still in that alley so I turned north up the next street and looked down another alley and saw the van there. I headed to it so I could get a better pic of the company logo and license plate so I could report it, and as I did so the driver was walking back to the van and said "sir is there a problem?" "Yeah, you hit me with your van so I'm going to report you."
"Please sir, I didn't see you."
"Well that's exactly the problem, you could have killed me."
"Please sir can we reach a compromise?"
This went on for a bit, he kept wanting to "compromise" and when I tried to leave he'd gently grab my arm and plead. Then he goes "please, I'm an immigrant, I have a family, please don't report me."
So now I'm a fucking monster if I report him, so I'm not going to. I might write to the company without his details, for the zero good it will do. So pissed off.
@bgm You're not a monster, this person is dangerous and not only did they harm you and damage your property, they assaulted you. This coming from a pro-immigration leftie.
@wordsmith I'm gonna see how my bike is tomorrow and decide what to do. I'm all mad now so I'm gonna wait. I legit don't want to get the guy fired, he seemed really scared and what's that gonna get me but bad karma. I dunno, maybe that's super naive. If he was a shitty right wing anti-bike lane bro I wouldn't hesitate, so there's that. There's a lot of bike lane drama in Toronto right now, it's just a lot.
@bgm oh wow that's really tough. I hope your back is okay!
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That suuucks. Glad you're ok