AAARGH! Driver hits pedestrian, long-winded rant inside... o_O →[More:]

So, I just got back from helping the officer on the scene complete the accident report.

GOD I HATE PEOPLE. This is what happened.

Gorgeous day, everyone's out doing something. I work in a busy-ish throughfare office-park-y kind of area with lots of ped, bike, car traffic. There are good sidewalks, bike lanes and lots of people use them on their way to/from the local eateries.

I was minding my own business, riding my bike back from lunch. I'm on a secondary, about to come up to the main route to turn left (there's a traffic light) Pedestrian is crossing the street in front of me, in the crosswalk, she has the light & right of way, no worries, right?

Wrong. A car, driven by a young-ish female type, makes a right turn (U.S. traffic pattern, left side drive) into the secondary without looking and FUCKING PLOWS INTO this poor lady. Thank GOD she wasn't killed or seriously maimed! She's going to have some major bumps and bruises, but the paramedics seemed to think she was mostly okay. No broken bones, at any rate. They did transport her because they're worried she's got a concussion. She's gonna be stiff and sore all over for a long time, though. I feel really, really bad for her, she wasn't a young lady, just an average office lady kind of lady.

Here's the rant. It turns out the driver was FUCKING TEXTING as she was driving, and not really looking where she was going. Oh, and you want to know the real kicker? She wanted us not to call the cops because she was worried about having 'too many points on her licence...' OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE!

I won't go into the meltdown I had right there on the scene (I was the only witness) because, well, basically I was incensed and probably more than a little incoherent. But I do remember going off and saying stuff like THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY and IT SERVES YOU RIGHT IF YOUR LICENCE GETS YANKED and, well, just in general being completely bitchy and offensive.

I mean, oh, my god, you just nearly fucking KILLED SOMEONE and you want us to just pretend like it never fucking HAPPENED? And then I told her she'd better damn think twice about leaving the scene, cos she sorta seemed like that had occurred to her, because I had her plate number and had just dialled 911.

I told the officer the whole story. He seemed very calm and sympathetic to both me and the poor lady who got hit. I volunteered to make a full statement in court, if it comes to that.

I am shaking. I want to kick things. I think I'm just going to go home at this point because I can't think straight.

I am so fucking sick of the shitty irresponsible drivers in this country that I could just puke. I mean, every single damn day I have to make allowances for some prat who doesn't look in their sideview or who thinks they can beat me to the cutoff because I'm on a bike, or who thinks I have no right to the road. And now this bullshit.

I need a bunny something fierce right now.