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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] san rrcom> 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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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Failure to stop and render aid is a punishable crime in most states
> (assuming you're in the U.S.)
I'm 98% certain that it's also a criminal offence in the UK too.
> That makes me angry.
Some people truly are arseholes...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
> > Failure to stop and render aid is a punishable crime in most states
> > (assuming you're in the U.S.)
> I'm 98% certain that it's also a criminal offence in the UK too.
I'm certain it would be shorter to list the countries where it's *not*
a criminal offence than the ones where it is.
--
- Warp
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Chambers wrote:
> 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...
>
>
Here in New York Bloomberg is making a big push to make the city 'green'
in many ways and an instrumental part of the effort is his 'Sustainable
Streets' master plan. It involves making NY streets bicycle-friendly
creating 200+ miles of bike lanes and 15+ miles of curb-protected bike
lanes, with a high degree of connectivity throughout the city.
Recently I have noticed several severe accidents between bicycles and
automobiles, two times the autos were taxis. I, of course, am a taxi
driver so whenever I see that I wince. I know the cab is going to take
the blame. Afterall, the very first traffic fatality in the entire
United States was a pedestrian run over by a cab in New York City.
The advent of bicycle lanes is naturally a thing of some concern to me.
Obviously it feels threatening when the stated target of the mayor's
plan is to reduce the use of private vehicles in the city. Taxis are,
in effect, a service which provides private vehicles for shared use. It
casts a shadow over my future. This feeling steepened by the flood of
pedi-cabs now on NY streets. So it is difficult to feel a whole lot of
warmth towards bicyclists.
Bicycles and cabs compete for the curb. Along with buses, maintenance,
and delivery vehicles. That creates further systemic antipathy. And
with all that the congestion and competition along New York curbs
entails: buses, trucks, pedestrians, moronic weekend-warrior SUV's, and
other cabs trying to beat you to fares, trying to take account of
bicyclists on top of everything else just seemed like overload to me.
Simply too much. Especially given the absurd lack of visibility from the
drivers seat of a Crown Vic.
And that is before you even begin to respond to the irrational degree of
self-righteousness exhibited by bicyclists, even as they display total
contempt for traffic regulations.
But the bicycle lanes and the bicycles are here to stay. Being a
liberal, I listen to liberal media. And the hocking of the Sustainable
Streets idea is on in full force. I have managed some empathy for
cyclists. I have learned I can manage to keep them on my internal radar
scope. They are added to the list of proximate objects I notice and
track, which is how you really maneuver in a Crown Vic with its truly
deceptive 'blind spots'. Unbelievable even to me, I have managaed to
add bike awareness to my driving habits.
To that end, cyclists do need to realize that consistent behavior on
their part would help in this partnership. So would some illumination on
their bikes at night. It is not just about the irritation of having them
thumb their nose at the law. It is about judging and maneuvering in
traffic when you cannot have 100% visibility.
Finally, the actually traffic regulations governing the bike lanes the
mayor is so proudly rolling out would be helpful.
-Jim
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Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Chambers <bdc### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> > and the lady took off without leaving her contact information.
>
> Isn't that exactly what license plates are for?
They are, if you manage to write them down. Unfortunately, in this case I
didn't.
The cops came, of course, and took my description of the car, but honestly...
how many dark green four-door sedans do you think are out there right now?
They're never going to find her.
Anyway, Friday when I get paid I'll get the bike back to usable condition, if I
can. Until then I'm back to riding the bus every day, which is a shame because
riding is both faster & makes me feel good (physically).
....Chambers
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> The cops came, of course, and took my description of the car, but
> honestly...
> how many dark green four-door sedans do you think are out there right now?
> They're never going to find her.
You never know, if it is her "usual" route then maybe you'll see here again
once you start cycling? And presumably she will have some scratch or other
damage to the car where she hit you. Good luck!
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