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Rogue bicyclist hits innocent pedestrian? Absent-minded pedestrian walks right in front of bike?
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Rogue bicyclist hits innocent pedestrian? Absent-minded pedestrian walks right in front of bike?
Interesting situation here. The bicyclist was going the wrong way. On Market Street. And wearing some sort of helmet cam. Meanwhile, the businessman was stepping into Market Street without looking both ways and not at a crosswalk. Hence this wonderfully shot video of the two colliding.
Most remarkably, mere moments after both get knocked on their asses they get up and are only 20% mad. They kinda fess up to their breaches of bike/pedestrian etiquette. And go their separate ways. It's really... not how we usually do things around here.
There's a minor discussion brewing on Reddit about which guy could sue the other, should they want to. Judging by the video, neither party was feeling litigious about the whole thing, but who knows?
Most people ONLY look in the direction of oncoming traffic when they cross a one-way or multilane street. There's normally no reason to check the other way as none is suppose to be coming from that direction. That's why Americans in London tend to get hit by buses. I had someone grab me by the collar as I was about to step out into traffic because I had checked the "American" direction instead of the "British" direction. On a 2-way street you check the other direction as you approach that side of the street. There normally isn't any reason to waste your attention looking in the direction no traffic should be coming from. Although I guess with these salmoning bike messenger types who go against traffic we might have to change our behavior.
Yeah, he took it down because he realized he was "wrong." Maybe it was only posted for friends who found the incident comical that both parties agreed upon their mistakes. I am willing to bet the rider did not post this because they care what you think. The important thing about the content is that both parties ACTUALLY INVOLVED in the incident are fine, end of story. No one cares who Susie Philadelphia thinks is wrong or who Larry the Lawyer thinks would win the civil suit. Keeping in mind that the pedestrian states in the video that he is "okay," there is no injury, and no legal action. Maybe a $15 non moving violation for both people? Would that make everyone happy, or should it be left as the parties ACTUALLY INVOLVED in the incident left it? As a daily cyclist I am aghast that someone would use the word aghast.
I guess the cyclist who posted this video took it down because he realized he was wrong?
got another link? The video is private now.
Well, if a car did what the bike guy did then the driver of the car would get sued. Since bikes are considered moving vehicles and are supposed to follow ALL the rules that cars are, bike guy is at fault. No question.
Nice moustache.
yeah looking both ways before crossing the street...err um jaywalking...is a CRAZY notion. just look one way and walk into traffic and hope for the best.
bike cops ALWAYS ride the wrong way down the street and often cause accidents.
Bicyclist totally at fault. The second part of the title ("absent-minded pedestrian?") is wrong. It looks to me that the pedestrian DID look in the direction of oncoming traffic before stepping out. Why would one normally look in the "wrong" direction for a rouge bicyclist?I saw this yesterday, and as a cyclist, I am totally aghast at this guy's idiotic riding.
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Biker is a condescending asshole. I sure hope he dies and does the world a favor.
As a former NYC bike messenger: 1. The biker is a tool 2. He actually takes his eyes off the road (looks far right) 1.5-2 seconds before the crash, eliminating any chance for reasonable reaction time to miss the guy to the right OR left (Left, no immediate danger, my choice) 3. You know pedestrians are not paying attention--cell phones, texting, looking up/down. 4. As a cyclist you have to assume invisibility, especially if you are going THE WRONG WAY on a one-way street. 5. He makes all cyclists look bad. Maybe the next time there will be a truck pulling out of an alley, and with his riding skills in traffic, we will see Natural Selection at work... Good Luck Loser.
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