Can I press charges against the driver who hit me while riding my bicycle? - Texas?

I was riding my bicycle down the sidewalk (of a busy street). A woman was exiting a car dealership. She barely slowed down as she closed in on the sidewalk and got close to the street. She bumped into me, causing me to fall onto the street, luckily, there was no traffic. She wasn t going that fast, so she didn t hit me too hard. I basically left with a scratch on my knuckle.

She pulled back into the dealership and waited as I called the cops. She was very concerned and seemed quite nice. However, I still am very angry at the entire incident.

I felt the officer was quite useless. He asked what happened. I gave him a quick version of events. He asked about the condition of my bike, which was slightly damaged. He then asks for an ID from each of us, goes to his car, and comes back about ten min later.

I try to elaborate on what happened. He has no comment, doesn t seem to care. He says we re both free to go and that s it. I try asking him about pressing charges, and he asks why?

I tell him because I was injured and my bike is damaged.

He says no criminal activity occurred.

...pretty much what happened.

I just feel like I was assaulted and it s a bit odd that this lady hits someone with a car and just gets to drive away.

I got a quote from a nearby bike shop saying it would be about $40 for a part to fix it (not including labor).