Driver Hits Cyclist While Texting – Tells Police, “I just don’t care!”

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And you thought lack of human decency was exclusive to some here in America.

Welcome to Australia,  where a 21 year old driver, busy sending over 40 text messages, somehow found a cyclist and unintentionally introduced her car to the man. The driver drove for another 100 yards,  found parking for her now damaged car and then, called for help.

The cyclist suffered a spinal fracture which required surgery and placement in a spinal cage at Melbourne’s Austin Hospital. He was originally told he could be left a paraplegic and spent three months recovering.

She was fined $4500 for the hit, but it’s what she told the officers two days after the accident that’s making news.

According to reports, the woman is upset, not because the texting distracted her and caused the accident, but because the cyclist somehow damaged her car.

“I just don’t care,” she told the police. “Because I’ve already been through a lot of bullshit and my car is like pretty expensive and now I have to fix it.

“I’m kind of pissed off that the cyclist has hit the side of my car. I don’t agree that people texting and driving could hit a cyclist. I wasn’t on my phone when I hit the cyclist.”

Some people shouldn’t be allowed to drive.