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But, yes, a lot of people driving cars act like they shouldn't ever have to stop for pedestrians. The problem is not for the most part with the cyclist or the pedestrian.
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Named after Eric Dickerson? Probably were he got his talent avoiding collisions.
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Blame for that typically needs to be shared - on the one hand, there are plenty of road layouts that are extremely hostile to local residents on foot, for example routing a major arterial between housing and something such as park or what passes for local stores that the people who live there often want to access, with official pedestrian crossings often being sparse enough to nearly double the length of someone's walk.
On the other, just deciding to cross where the bad design doesn't support that is a risky move.
Across the river from where this happened, plenty of red light tickets get handed out to cyclists in NYC, often in places that have been notorious spots for that for years now.
It would seem that the ticketing is treated as bad luck rather than changing habits.
Some of those spots are similarly places of bad design - but there's a cost to pretending the world is other than the way it actually is.
On the other, just deciding to cross where the bad design doesn't support that is a risky move.
It would seem that the ticketing is treated as bad luck rather than changing habits.
Some of those spots are similarly places of bad design - but there's a cost to pretending the world is other than the way it actually is.
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One issue is there are three types of riders.
- Experienced riders.
- Foolish riders.
- And inexperienced riders that just copy the other two.
I think the young man that got hit in this thread falls in the third category. He may ride quite a bit, but lacks the judgement to safely maneuver through a red light. He apparently didn't even look for traffic.
So he may think he is copying what a more experienced rider might be doing, but in fact is doing just the opposite.
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There is a huge problem activating triggered lights, or triggered left turns. So, some riders get a bit lax about the lights. Or lights that are just red with no cars anywhere in sight.
One issue is there are three types of riders.
I think the young man that got hit in this thread falls in the third category. He may ride quite a bit, but lacks the judgement to safely maneuver through a red light. He apparently didn't even look for traffic.
So he may think he is copying what a more experienced rider might be doing, but in fact is doing just the opposite.
One issue is there are three types of riders.
- Experienced riders.
- Foolish riders.
- And inexperienced riders that just copy the other two.
I think the young man that got hit in this thread falls in the third category. He may ride quite a bit, but lacks the judgement to safely maneuver through a red light. He apparently didn't even look for traffic.
So he may think he is copying what a more experienced rider might be doing, but in fact is doing just the opposite.
#232
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There is a huge problem activating triggered lights, or triggered left turns. So, some riders get a bit lax about the lights. Or lights that are just red with no cars anywhere in sight.
One issue is there are three types of riders.
I think the young man that got hit in this thread falls in the third category. He may ride quite a bit, but lacks the judgement to safely maneuver through a red light. He apparently didn't even look for traffic.
So he may think he is copying what a more experienced rider might be doing, but in fact is doing just the opposite.
One issue is there are three types of riders.
- Experienced riders.
- Foolish riders.
- And inexperienced riders that just copy the other two.
I think the young man that got hit in this thread falls in the third category. He may ride quite a bit, but lacks the judgement to safely maneuver through a red light. He apparently didn't even look for traffic.
So he may think he is copying what a more experienced rider might be doing, but in fact is doing just the opposite.
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That boy's cheese has slid off its cracker. Could he get a little something from DeGise's insurance company? Possibly, but there is no way to hold the city/county/state culpable for negligence. I was 0% at fault for the two times I got hit, and my settlements were low five-figure amounts. This guy is smoking something powerful if he thinks he'll get anything close to seven figures.
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I would counter sue for $5 million for running a red light, EXTORTION, defamation of character, CAUSING an accident, RECKLESS use of a moving vehicle, public endangerment, causing mental distress, and FRAUD. What a total dope.
But hey, the chances of an unbiased jury there is ZERO.
But hey, the chances of an unbiased jury there is ZERO.
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