I was hit by a van a few weeks ago. I was on my bike, waiting to cross a busy street, the van was next to waiting to turn right and the driver was looking to hi

I was hit by a van a few weeks ago. I was on my bike, waiting to cross a busy street, the van was next to waiting to turn right and the driver was looking to his left to see when traffic stopped. Unfortunately he started moving before he turned to see what was in front of him. I was knocked off of my bike (I wasn't moving when I was struck) and my bike ended up getting run over & destroyed It was a pretty surreal experience. At first I flipped out at the driver who was at work at the time. A woman called 911 and the police came to take statements. The driver was pretty apologetic afterwards and I apologized for being an asshole. It wasn't until a few hours later that I realized that I could have died pretty easily. He put his foot on the brake reasonably quickly after he hit me, but had he accidentally floored the van, I would have been run over too. I also felt pretty bad for the driver. He probably got in some kind of trouble at work, and I realized that while I was mostly unharmed and only needed to get my bike replaced, he could lose his job. I know that getting hit is pretty serious, and the reason was because of the same carless behavior a lot of people that drive seem to do (myself included).