Right Hook King St at Upland, Alexandria

[CaseyKane50]

Glad to see you out on your bike yesterday.

[TwoWheelsDC]

I’m assuming the driver turned across the lane rather than turning through it like they were supposed to…I kinda wish there were signs for this. Like, I’m okay with a driver “merging” into the bike lane in front of me to make a right turn. Abruptly making a 90 degree turn across my path, not so much.

[elbows]

Glad you are ok.

Don’t forget about reporting it at the WABA crash tracker.

[huskerdont]

Glad you’re okay. Many of these could be avoided if people would use their effing turn signals. Most of us are happy to slow down or go around on the left if we know people are turning.

[bobco85]

I’m glad you’re okay, especially considering you made a quick reflex to prevent a worse outcome.

Did the police actually write a report on this crash? Getting Alexandria PD to do reports on vehicle/cyclist collisions when the damage has been less than the $1500 amount has been a point of contention lately as there are growing numbers of Alexandria residents (including Casey and myself) who were hit by cars and were unable to get the city to properly document these cases (right now, they aren’t documenting them at all).

[peterw_diy]

WTF is this $1500 nonsense? When did this start? Did anyone ask the new police chief about this when he attended the BPAC meeting?

[peterw_diy]

Also I don’t know whether I should be impressed at the consistency or appalled at the callousness when even a member of the Traffic and Parking Board like Casey can’t get the police department to write a report on a collision he was involved in. That’s incredible.

[bobco85]

@peterw_diy 159649 wrote:

WTF is this $1500 nonsense? When did this start? Did anyone ask the new police chief about this when he attended the BPAC meeting?

To answer your questions:

• The $1500 threshold is not a requirement, but it’s still at the officer’s discretion on whether to write a report.
• I don’t know when the policy was put in place.
• Yes, we did bring this up to the new police chief at the most recent meeting.

[peterw_diy]

Thanks. What did the chief say?

[bobco85]

Not much on that specifically. He did, however, talk about a possible new reporting system that would replace the current Call.Click.Connect system, but my memory of the details on that including their affect on a case like yours/mine/Casey’s are a bit hazy. The purpose of the new chief’s presence at the BPAC meeting was more of a big listening tour of different community and neighborhood groups that he had been doing for the 12 weeks since his arrival; he’s been taking input instead of making any policy decisions so far. Hopefully this issue will be resolved in the process.

[cvcalhoun]

It makes no sense to me that $1,500 in property damage would trigger a report, but $1,500 in personal injury would not. And if you went to the hospital, there is no way you escaped with less than a $1,500 bill.

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