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This incident could have been avoided if one, or both, had exercised more caution. Seems to me like the result was from mutual negligence.
Verdict: Jump ball
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I dunno. Somehow I think "Doing something you're not supposed to do" is worse than "Failing to anticipate someone doing something they're not supposed to do, when their behavior suggested the opposite". But that's me.
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Sure, one is maybe more wrongerer than the other, but there were faults on both sides, based on how it was presented.
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This has nothing to do with "provide comfort", it's avoid colliding with. And who exactly is "feeble and delicate" here?
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Passing silently is also "doing something you're not supposed to do".
They're both wrong, doesn't make a right. Film at 11.
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I'm saying the person behind is responsible for most accidents that happen when overtaking another.
If you don't believe me, the go out and hit someone from behind that is turning. The policemen, insurance company and courts will quickly tell you you are responsible.
If you choose not to drive or cycle anywhere because that is too much risk for you, then that is your issue. I'll accept the risk.
In the OP's situation, I will have alerted the person that I was behind them before I had no room to stop. And before that point, if I had seen them behaving strangely, I will have slowed down quite a bit.
Do they hear me every time? Do I forget sometimes? Will it help in every situation? I don't know. But so far so good. Most of the walkers on the trail thank me for alerting them. The noobs jump out of their skin because it startles them. So I just chuckle.
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Next case.
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Both at fault to some extent, she may be more than he is, Illinois is a comparative negligence state.
She shouldn't have done a Uturn without looking, especially after an apparent turn to the right. He definitely had a legal duty to announce.
I'm going 70%-30% here. She can't collect because she's more than 50% responsible, but is only liable for 70% of his damages, next case.
I'm not clear that road rules apply to bike paths in Illinois, anyone care to elucidate? I'm too busy to look at statutes.
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Both at fault to some extent, she may be more than he is, Illinois is a comparative negligence state.
She shouldn't have done a Uturn without looking, especially after an apparent turn to the right. He definitely had a legal duty to announce.
I'm going 70%-30% here. She can't collect because she's more than 50% responsible, but is only liable for 70% of his damages, next case.
I'm not clear that road rules apply to bike paths in Illinois, anyone care to elucidate? I'm too busy to look at statutes.
She shouldn't have done a Uturn without looking, especially after an apparent turn to the right. He definitely had a legal duty to announce.
I'm going 70%-30% here. She can't collect because she's more than 50% responsible, but is only liable for 70% of his damages, next case.
I'm not clear that road rules apply to bike paths in Illinois, anyone care to elucidate? I'm too busy to look at statutes.
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To each his own.
Some MUPS are great, others I would ride out of my way to avoid.
When I lived where you live, I don't think I ever rode on a MUP.
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And now it's got mountain lions.
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unannounced u-turn caused the crash so he's at fault partially. You are responsible for your own safety so you are at fault partially
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However I must say I'm now jealous of Centennial Colorado and the other towns surrounding Denver. I took my bike out there when visiting my son there and did some riding on them. They have really built a nice infrastructure out there for cyclists, runners and others. I'm hoping to get back out there before the weather gets too cold for my liking.
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There's one that's exceptionally pretty, Sawyer Camp Trail, that runs something like 4 miles through the SF Water Department land. No houses, no cars, just nice woods and brush and a lake. When I was first riding, I'd take it sometimes. Once you got beyond a mile from either end, the foot traffic dwindled to nothing. But I did get tired of pinging and/or calling out "On Your Left!" only to have people either ignore it or actually move/pivot to the left.
And now it's got mountain lions.
And now it's got mountain lions.
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There's also Canada Road on "Bicycle Sundays" - imagine a MUP the size of a wide two lane road with wide bike lanes on both sides, and people STILL spread out across the whole damn thing.
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No, I'm not saying that. You are supposing from some weird extrapolation of my statement.
I'm saying the person behind is responsible for most accidents that happen when overtaking another.
If you don't believe me, the go out and hit someone from behind that is turning. The policemen, insurance company and courts will quickly tell you you are responsible.
If you choose not to drive or cycle anywhere because that is too much risk for you, then that is your issue. I'll accept the risk.
In the OP's situation, I will have alerted the person that I was behind them before I had no room to stop. And before that point, if I had seen them behaving strangely, I will have slowed down quite a bit.
Do they hear me every time? Do I forget sometimes? Will it help in every situation? I don't know. But so far so good. Most of the walkers on the trail thank me for alerting them. The noobs jump out of their skin because it startles them. So I just chuckle.
I'm saying the person behind is responsible for most accidents that happen when overtaking another.
If you don't believe me, the go out and hit someone from behind that is turning. The policemen, insurance company and courts will quickly tell you you are responsible.
If you choose not to drive or cycle anywhere because that is too much risk for you, then that is your issue. I'll accept the risk.
In the OP's situation, I will have alerted the person that I was behind them before I had no room to stop. And before that point, if I had seen them behaving strangely, I will have slowed down quite a bit.
Do they hear me every time? Do I forget sometimes? Will it help in every situation? I don't know. But so far so good. Most of the walkers on the trail thank me for alerting them. The noobs jump out of their skin because it startles them. So I just chuckle.
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This is not an example of hitting someone that is turning, this is someone pulling off the road (path) w/o signaling then turning across the path w/o looking OR signaling. What if you do ring a bell or yell 'on your left' and the other person says you didn't or they didn't hear you? What happens then?
If so, and I was the person overtaking, then I'd probably have a hard time in court. Because many bike on bike mishaps don't result in a fatality or severe injuries, many bike mishaps never go to court and there are a lot of un-tested things that we really don't know how they'd be ruled on. But in general, the overtaking traffic will bear the burden of fault.
If you consider the subject of this post to be who did something stupid, then the person in front did the most stupid... IMO
But if the subject is more who is legally responsible for any damages, then that will be the OP... IMHO.
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Too many people using the paths.
So I: 1. Slow down, 2. Ring my bell, 3. Yell "On your left." Or, "On your right," and 4. Always assume I might have to leave the actual path.
And here's my rant. Most people don't have control over their dogs, so I slow down. Many are wearing ear buds, so they can't hear a thing. So I slow down.
So I: 1. Slow down, 2. Ring my bell, 3. Yell "On your left." Or, "On your right," and 4. Always assume I might have to leave the actual path.
And here's my rant. Most people don't have control over their dogs, so I slow down. Many are wearing ear buds, so they can't hear a thing. So I slow down.
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Rather than ask who is at fault, what you should be asking is what should I have done to prevent this incident and I think that has been answered. You were not prepared to react to the unexpected U-turn.
I ride a bike like I used to ride motorcycles. Assume everyone around you is going to do the stupidest, most illogical maneuver when you least expect it and prepare for that instance. Riding with the assumption that people are going to do what you expect them to do is fine 99% of the time but if you aren't ready for the 1% you're going to have these kinds of incidents.
I ride a bike like I used to ride motorcycles. Assume everyone around you is going to do the stupidest, most illogical maneuver when you least expect it and prepare for that instance. Riding with the assumption that people are going to do what you expect them to do is fine 99% of the time but if you aren't ready for the 1% you're going to have these kinds of incidents.
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I was thinking about this while riding and not calling "on your left" and ignoring people making sudden u-turns tonight.
If I was the guy making the U-turn .... I would have to say the fault was 100 percent mine. If I was stupid enough to pull toward the right as i slowed (which is normal for me and probably others) and then suddenly decided to do a U-Turn, and, Without Looking, turned my bike perpendicular to the path of travel, thus likely blocking Both lanes .... yeah, my bad, 100 percent. Definitely I need to Look before I make a maneuver like that. basically, I pilled into the road and blocked traffic without bothering to check if there was traffic. Yeah ... My Fault One Hundred Percent.
If it had been me overtaking I wouldn't have gotten hit, Not because I would have yelled "On your left"---(I might have, but usually don't as it elicits shocked and irrational responses) but because after more than five decades of riding and seeing all the varieties of stupid human tricks, I wouldn't have trusted the guy to not do something stupid.
That doesn't make it my fault, no matter if I yelled or whatever. It is the other guy's Fault.
Of course, legal liability is kind of secondary if you break your bike and body .... and there are both concerns here, personal safety and legal liability.
But yeah .... I don't see how the U-Turner wouldn't be completely Legally liable.
If I was the guy making the U-turn .... I would have to say the fault was 100 percent mine. If I was stupid enough to pull toward the right as i slowed (which is normal for me and probably others) and then suddenly decided to do a U-Turn, and, Without Looking, turned my bike perpendicular to the path of travel, thus likely blocking Both lanes .... yeah, my bad, 100 percent. Definitely I need to Look before I make a maneuver like that. basically, I pilled into the road and blocked traffic without bothering to check if there was traffic. Yeah ... My Fault One Hundred Percent.
If it had been me overtaking I wouldn't have gotten hit, Not because I would have yelled "On your left"---(I might have, but usually don't as it elicits shocked and irrational responses) but because after more than five decades of riding and seeing all the varieties of stupid human tricks, I wouldn't have trusted the guy to not do something stupid.
That doesn't make it my fault, no matter if I yelled or whatever. It is the other guy's Fault.
Of course, legal liability is kind of secondary if you break your bike and body .... and there are both concerns here, personal safety and legal liability.
But yeah .... I don't see how the U-Turner wouldn't be completely Legally liable.
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I have seen it countless times on MUPs. Three or four people walking abreast will take both lanes; all yacking away and totally oblivious that there is another trail user in the entire world. I just hope they don’t vote or drive cars or reproduce or…..
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