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Was on the way to work tonight on the Grom.
I'm stopped at a light in the center of the right lane and all of a sudden, I feel a bump. I didn't fall over and did not get hurt. Looking back, the old lady there was an old lady driving a Civic. Clearly, she's shocked and knows that she's hit me. I was a bit hopped up on adrenaline and jumped off and she immediately starts denying that she hit me and that she didn't even feel a bump. That's when I get pissed and I start yelling at her. I ask her to get out and at this point, she shakes her head, puts it in drive and drives off.
I hopped on the bike to give chase at 5 below the speed limit for about 3 miles before she pulls into an apartment complex. As it turns out, a couple had seen it go down and decided to follow us to back my story up. They pull in and the girl goes to talk to the lady and the guy is chatting with me. The guy goes off to chat with the old lady and I decide to just calm down and do a damage assessment. When I'm calm, I go over and the guy pulls me aside and says that he thinks that she is drunk and that he doesn't want to see her arrested. I'm of the same mind since I don't want to see the old bag hauled off in cuffs really.
She finally comes over to talk, is still denying it, and doesn't bother apologizing. I decided to just take her information and do a damage assessment when it's light out, I suspect it's nothing.
Now that I've had a few hours, I'm actually stewing mad about the audacity of her denial. As it turns out, her F-in license is 3 years expired too. I wish she had gotten nicked for DUI now.
What's my move? I can't tell if there's damage and if there's not, really the only loss on my part is the 15 minutes of my time chasing her and my anger. The greater societal impact is that this lady may go do it to someone else and actually kill them.
Do I report her? The cops won't be able to prove that she was drunk given the amount of time passed, but it would still be a good warning.