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About two weeks ago I bought a bicycle, and I've been riding to and from work
every day to get some exercise.
This morning, as I was crossing an intersection (I had the green light), some
stupid lady tried to make a turn without really checking if anyone was coming.
Long story short, my bike has a bent wheel, I've got five stitches in my leg,
and the lady took off without leaving her contact information.
But, since my job involves standing on my feet all day, the doctor who stitched
me up told me to not go until tomorrow. Fine by me, I'm not having any
problems following that advice :)
In all honesty, it hurt, but I'm glad that nothing worse happened. Now I'm just
back to riding the bus every day...
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Chambers wrote:
> stupid lady tried to make a turn without really checking if anyone was coming.
I'm always amazed at the number of people who will look left while driving
right. It's really easy to avoid this:
1) Look left to see if anyone is coming.
2) Look right, the direction you're turning.
3) Lift foot from brake.
Reverse if you're in the UK.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Insanity is a small city on the western
border of the State of Mind.
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On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:40:51 -0400, Chambers wrote:
> In all honesty, it hurt, but I'm glad that nothing worse happened.
Same here. Drivers on the roads act stupidly a lot - it sounds like
you're a sensible rider, too. There are lots of cyclists here in Salt
Lake City that seem to think they don't have to obey the rules of the
road - I've seen them blow stop signs/lights, ride on the wrong side of
the road (or the sidewalks, which is against the law here I understand).
But I also understand that here the driver/owner of the vehicle is always
considered at fault. ISTR there was a recent story in the local paper
about someone on a bike who ran into a *parked* car and the owner of the
car was found to be at fault, even though the car was properly parked.
Jim
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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:40:51 -0400, Chambers wrote:
>
> > In all honesty, it hurt, but I'm glad that nothing worse happened.
>
> Same here. Drivers on the roads act stupidly a lot - it sounds like
> you're a sensible rider, too. There are lots of cyclists here in Salt
> Lake City that seem to think they don't have to obey the rules of the
> road - I've seen them blow stop signs/lights, ride on the wrong side of
> the road (or the sidewalks, which is against the law here I understand).
In all honesty, I know that I do a lot of stupid things when walking or riding.
Even so, I try not to do them in a stupid way. For instance, I often jaywalk
instead of heading for the nearest crosswalk... but I'm always careful about
checking for traffic before I do so. Things like that.
With all that, however, I think that since people in cars are capable of causing
so much more damage, then it's up to drivers to take extra caution. Traffic in
my direction had a green light, and her car was stopped... so naturally, I
assumed it would be safe to cross in front of her. Boy, was I wrong.
> ISTR there was a recent story in the local paper
> about someone on a bike who ran into a *parked* car and the owner of the
> car was found to be at fault, even though the car was properly parked.
Now THAT is crazy.
....Chambers
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Darren New wrote:
> Reverse if you're in the UK.
Dented bumper. ;-)
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> Long story short, my bike has a bent wheel, I've got five stitches in my
> leg,
> and the lady took off without leaving her contact information.
Oh wow, that's bad that she took off without stopping, did you contact the
police? I would imagine that driving off after hitting someone is just as
bad, if not worse, than hitting them in the first place.
A similar thing happened to my dad while he was cycling, the police came and
said it was up to him if he wanted to press charges against the driver that
hit him. He pointed out that he needed a new bike now, and then the driver
just agreed to get him a new bike :-)
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Chambers wrote:
> > stupid lady tried to make a turn without really checking if anyone was coming.
>
> I'm always amazed at the number of people who will look left while driving
> right. It's really easy to avoid this:
>
> 1) Look left to see if anyone is coming.
> 2) Look right, the direction you're turning.
> 3) Lift foot from brake.
>
>
> Reverse if you're in the UK.
>
In the UK.
Lift right foot from the break and put it on the accelerator.
Lift left foot from the clutch while accelerating gently with right foot.
;)
Stephen
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Chambers <bdc### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> and the lady took off without leaving her contact information.
Isn't that exactly what license plates are for?
--
- Warp
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> In the UK.
> Lift right foot from the break and put it on the accelerator.
> Lift left foot from the clutch while accelerating gently with right foot.
That's with right side driver cars?
I thought that the pedals would have been reversed from
left side driver cars.
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Chambers wrote:
> This morning, as I was crossing an intersection (I had the green light), some
> stupid lady tried to make a turn without really checking if anyone was coming.
>
> Long story short, my bike has a bent wheel, I've got five stitches in my leg,
> and the lady took off without leaving her contact information.
She didn't even stop in an accident that caused you an injury? Did you
get her license plate number?
Failure to stop and render aid is a punishable crime in most states
(assuming you're in the U.S.)
That makes me angry.
--
~Mike
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