Thank you in advance for any help that anyone can give. This happened in madison, wi. I was in a car going across an intersection, and as I got through the light turned yellow. Other cars were trying to get into a parking garage and I could not move all the way through the intersection. My car was in the middle of the pedestrian crosswalk. Every time the car ahead of pulled up a little i tried to squeeze in so i was out of the crosswalk while avoiding the people walking through. My front end was out of the crosswalk when a bike tried to breeze through in between my front end and the car in front of me from the left. I did not see him coming, and as i inched forward he ended up on my on my windshield. He got up right away. Immediately I asked if he was ok. At this point the traffic had cleared and I pulled over to asses the situation. He said he thought he was fine his arm and leg just hurt a little. No blood, no damage to the bicycle either. No damage to my car. The cops were not called, and he rode away on his bike. I gave him my name, address and phone #. Another man called him over and had taken down my liscence plate number, but he must not have taken it because a couple hours later he texted my phone asking for my plate #. I am reluctant to give out any more information that could cause me problems. I do have insurance but did not give him the information. I have not contacted him back as of the present.
Was I in the wrong? Even if I was in the wrong, can anything be done since he fled the scene and didn't call the police? In general, I just want to know what my next step should be or if I should just forget it happened. Thank you again for any advice.
Was I in the wrong? Even if I was in the wrong, can anything be done since he fled the scene and didn't call the police? In general, I just want to know what my next step should be or if I should just forget it happened. Thank you again for any advice.