stationary car hits cyclist

[jamieduff1981]

Firstly I almost wet myself laughing at the cyclist.

Secondly however he pays for the damage he's caused to the 3rd party, I don't really care so long as he does so and very quickly.

[RowntreesCabana]

I confess to doing this myself

Only mine was into the back of an artic lorry and it bloody hurt.

Its easy for a non cyclist to laugh about this but its quite easy to do, especially if you've been out for a long ride and are physically beat.

Mine was a horrible morning, wind and rain lashing down into my face, I had my head down against the wind, went round a roundabout put my head down again and unfortunately for me there was a lorry parked up on the side with the back out over a cycle lane. Now this is not a busy cycle path, its a long empty stretch of road and I had seen the lorry in the distance, but it all looked off the road from the angle I saw it at. My forearm wedged down under the trailer and I flew out over the handlebars into the middle of the road. Luckily no cars were coming as its a fast bit of road.

I broke the tip off my shoulder blade. Funny now though.

[jamieduff1981]

RowntreesCabana said:

Its easy for a non cyclist to laugh about this but its quite easy to do, especially if you've been out for a long ride and are physically beat.

I can well imagine that to be true but it's not a defence. It's unreasonable to expect someone who's exerting themselves to be as fresh as a daisy but if the fatigue is to the extent that the person is mentally incapacitated then one must question them being on public roads where 3rd parties are about.

Motor vehicles have the potential to do more damage but bicycles can still do damage. If a car driver or motorcyclist driver was out of it there would be serious consequences.

It may not be illegal but it's pretty irresponsible to ride yourself to the state where you ride straight in to a stationary object.

[kiseca]

Sump said:

pablo said:

pablo said:

Sump said:

This is pretty much why I thoroughly believe cyclists should have some sort of insurance.

And if it was a pedestrian, head down looking at their phone who walked into the car?

Over 100,000 cyclists do have insurance too.

Are we really comparing a pedestrian walking to a car vs a cyclist going into the back at 20-30 mph?

Also not sure where that random statistic has been pulled from.

The same place you pulled that random speed estimate from perhaps.

[FourWheelDrift]

RowntreesCabana said:

Its easy for a non cyclist to laugh about this but its quite easy to do, especially if you've been out for a long ride and are physically beat.

Then common sense would suggest a rest if you are tired.

[aka_kerrly]

That's funny and surprisingly easy to do.

I can't sit an judge, as a teenager I fitted a digital cycle computer to my bike and within a couple of miles rode straight into the back of a parked car as I was too busy looking at my average speed.

[SteveSteveson]

ruggedscotty said:

Well this car driver really needs to be taken to task - could have killed the cyclist quite easily.

people just need to learn to dive properly and be safe around cyclists as they really are vulnerable and car drivers are protected in metal boxes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MckKqYHoLJI

Is the passive aggressive attitude really needed? People have accidents like that all the time. People hit stationary cars, run in to houses. The most dangerous place to be is on the hard shoulder of a motorway because lorries hit cars. The attitude just causes more aggression and pointless anger on the road.

[Hoofy]

I may have cycled into a bus stop once when talking to a friend. Fortunately, it was at really low speed as my friend was walking next to me so only my ego was injured.

[Alucidnation]

There were another couple yesterday that did exactly the same thing, and in the same place!

[anonymous-user]

I'm sorry but ..... If that's an acceptable cyclists incident then I'm a Dutchman.

[hairyben]

That car should have been fitted with sophisticated warning devices so the idiot driver could have avoided smashing that poor cyclist off his bike, how many more poor cyclists have to suffer these kinds of accidents before we protect them?

[FourWheelDrift]

hairyben said:

That car should have been fitted with sophisticated warning devices so the idiot driver could have avoided smashing that poor cyclist off his bike, how many more poor cyclists have to suffer these kinds of accidents before we protect them?

Awaits an EU ruling that states all new cars built must have exterior airbags fitted.

[frisbee]

Alucidnation said:

There were another couple yesterday that did exactly the same thing, and in the same place!

And I'm sure there will be a few more along in a little while.

This numpty cyclist can't even crash into a car properly:

numpty cyclist

[ruggedscotty]

SteveSteveson said:

Is the passive aggressive attitude really needed? People have accidents like that all the time. People hit stationary cars, run in to houses. The most dangerous place to be is on the hard shoulder of a motorway because lorries hit cars. The attitude just causes more aggression and pointless anger on the road.

Passive aggressive now ?

That was not an accident - that was pure incompetence on the part of the knob on the cycle. You seen him ride for some amount of time before he actually run into the car that was stationary and parked. It had not just stopped it had not done anything untoward.

The cyclist could have killed himself. through not paying attention to the road in front of him.

[SteveSteveson]

ruggedscotty said:

SteveSteveson said:

Is the passive aggressive attitude really needed? People have accidents like that all the time. People hit stationary cars, run in to houses. The most dangerous place to be is on the hard shoulder of a motorway because lorries hit cars. The attitude just causes more aggression and pointless anger on the road.

Passive aggressive now ?

That was not an accident - that was pure incompetence on the part of the knob on the cycle. You seen him ride for some amount of time before he actually run into the car that was stationary and parked. It had not just stopped it had not done anything untoward.

The cyclist could have killed himself. through not paying attention to the road in front of him.

"Passive-aggressive behavior is the indirect expression of hostility"

Pretty accurately describes the comments about "the car driver needing to be taken to task". Passive aggressive and juvenile. You clearly have a problem with cyclists for some reason.

[saaby93]

SteveSteveson said:

ruggedscotty said:

Well this car driver really needs to be taken to task - could have killed the cyclist quite easily.

people just need to learn to dive properly and be safe around cyclists as they really are vulnerable and car drivers are protected in metal boxes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MckKqYHoLJI

Is the passive aggressive attitude really needed? People have accidents like that all the time. People hit stationary cars, run in to houses. The most dangerous place to be is on the hard shoulder of a motorway because lorries hit cars. The attitude just causes more aggression and pointless anger on the road.

I thought he was being ironic

Who invented 'passive aggressive' and why is it cropping up in PH threads when nothing to say

[saaby93]

FourWheelDrift said:

hairyben said:

That car should have been fitted with sophisticated warning devices so the idiot driver could have avoided smashing that poor cyclist off his bike, how many more poor cyclists have to suffer these kinds of accidents before we protect them?

Awaits an EU ruling that states all new cars built must have exterior airbags fitted.

It's close

[vikingaero]

What is it with cyclists headbanging the rear of cars?! I did this when I was 10 on my bike, although I was hit from behind by an old duffer, which propelled me through the rear window of a Mini Clubman. Poor Clubman owner wasn't around so the Fire Brigade ripped his doors off so I could be extricated.

[paintman]

On a very quiet early turn my crewmate & I were parked up in a side road watching the world go past.
It was a lovely sunny morning & visibility was good.
We saw a pedal cyclist coming up the main road. Head down & legs a blur.
More or less opposite us & on his side of the road was a builders skip.
We fully expected him to ride round it & carry on his way.
I'm still at a loss as to how we managed to keep straight faces as we took his details after helping him out of the skip.
Other than minor cuts & bruises - and a serious dent in his pride - he was able to carry on his way.

[Clivey]

ruggedscotty said:

That was not an accident - that was pure incompetence on the part of the knob on the cycle. You seen him ride for some amount of time before he actually run into the car that was stationary and parked. It had not just stopped it had not done anything untoward.

The cyclist could have killed himself. through not paying attention to the road in front of him.

I wonder how long until he wins a Darwin award?