Watch: Cars vs. Cyclist – Who is at Fault?

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http://unofficialnetworks.com/watch-cars-cyclist-fault-130987/

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Permalink Reply by Apie (11) on May 28, 2014 at 3:10am

"Dude just comes hauling ass into busy intersections and blames it on the drivers…"

This comment sounds about right.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on May 28, 2014 at 5:31am

Many of the drivers didn't seem to be paying any attention. The cyclist also failed to anticipate many predictable situations. Jeff has a point. Anticipating and using the brakes a little more can make a big difference. It doesn't make the drivers right. It just helps to avoid most crashes.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on May 28, 2014 at 5:33am

Maimed or dead, but with the right-of-way. Seems like a good idea to me.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on May 28, 2014 at 7:22am

Sometimes standing up for a principle just isn't worth it.

Lisa Curcio 4.1 mi said:

Maimed or dead, but with the right-of-way. Seems like a good idea to me.

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Permalink Reply by Tristan Jackson on May 28, 2014 at 7:55am

Is that Australia? They are driving on the left and it doesn't look cold rainy.

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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on May 28, 2014 at 8:57am

WA as in Western Australia. The only real concerns I saw was the truck that nearly hooked him which could have slotted in behind the bike, and the car with a learner's plate that dove in to a bus stop. The rest were all near misses; far nearer than any situation I would allow to happen. In every case there was ample warning of what each car was doing and this guy was either completely oblivious or crazy.

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Permalink Reply by David Barish on May 28, 2014 at 9:45am

Darwin Awards video presentation. Its a helmet cam so we get a good idea what he was looking at. At first I thought the vehicle that hit him came upon him awfully fast until I realized he simply didn't look that way.

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Permalink Reply by Roland on May 28, 2014 at 4:57pm

Why on earth would you be riding a tri bike on a busy street like that? I kept watching to see when he was braking and he didn't feel the need to slow down even when cars were attempting to turn. Bike lane or not we need to share the road equally. A bike lane does not mean right of way through all intersections.

The truck and the car swerving into the bike lane were the only real dangers I saw. Everything else could have been easily prevented by not riding like a dufus.

-roland