That does it. The subject of having a video recorder available has come up several times on this forum and yours truly hasn't acted. I'm taking this as a "wake up" call and get both forward and rear facing video cameras installed on the benzers. A police report is nothing more than an 'after-the-fact' THIRD PARTY's opinion about what happened. Was the cop a FIRST HAND witness to the accident? The answer is obvious and thus you have to take steps to protect yourself in any and all instances because there is a good chance if given the opportunity the other party will LIE THEIR ASS OFF.

In the court room it is called 'proving up your case'. The more irrefutable evidence you have on your side of the table, the better.

That said, almost everyone I know that has ridden any type of two wheel conveyance has been injured by those driving four or more wheel conveyances. Some of them are in wheel chairs as a result of exercising their right to 'share the road' with cars and trucks. Cars and trucks do not watch out for motorcycles or bicycles. I know I know, they are SUPPOSED to but they DON'T. So why are surprised when we hear of a two wheeler getting run over?

I heard of one about five years ago, an eighty year old woman out riding her bike on a VERY busy section of the road at 5:00 AM (before sunrise). She was run over and killed by a hit and run driver. BUT, she was out exercising her LEGAL right to share the road at 5:00 AM with the big boys. Let's face it, NO bicycle is a match for a car or a truck, especially one driven by a cell phone yakking, texting moron. I enjoy riding a bicycle A LOT but I've come to realize safe bicycling can only be performed on designated bike paths.

I got into Mercedes Benz because I feel the added safety features are REQUIRED in dealing with texting and yakking on cell phones while drinking a slurpee road idiots. Even then, I sometimes think it isn't enough.

A friend of mine recently settled a personal injury case with the other parties' insurance company for around one fourth of what they should have paid. He had a top rated personal injury lawyer involved, the case drug out for over a year before it finally settled for (IMHO) a low ball amount. His back pain and medical bills will continue LONG after the money has run out. And, they say the system is working. It sure is, it's working us over and sucking us dry.