I know few (only one actually) cyclists who have not been hit. It has
always been the cars fault. That said, I was once in a hit and run from
a cyclist. I was driving in flag once, borrowed my buddies new sports
car, I was at a stop sign (for a while, the merge road was busy) and out
of nowhere this guy on a bicycle goes rolling across my hood. I get out
to see if he is Ok and before I could say much he picked up his bike and
rode on. $500 worth of damage to the car later I had a story about how
I was hit by a cyclist. He was an idiot who was ridding way too fast on
a set back side walk and not paying attention.
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mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of
Craig White
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:41 PM
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Subject: Re: OT - Have you seen this ad?
On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 10:57 -0700, Eric Cope wrote:
> This has been one hell of a flame war!
> Regarding biking to work, this keeps me on the side walk regardless of
> Tempe laws. If a car is going to kill me, they need to jump the curb
> first. Riding a bike in this town requires you to assume every single
> car on the road is actively trying to kill you. A rule I ride by is
> "laws of physics always trump right of way"
>
> On a side note, in the Netherlands, if a driver hits a bicyclist,
> regardless of reason, the driver is 100% at fault. A bicyclist could
> wait for a car to come down a road, then throw themselves in front of
> the car, and the car is (criminally) at fault.
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not a discussion that I was gonna participate in but this is surely
relevant...
http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/722084
Craig
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