While I agree with most of what has been written, tailgating somebody is not a "mistake". It is a deliberate choice and act. If the driver had chosen to leave a safe distance to the vulnerable person in front of her, the incident (if it was not an intentional hit) wouldn't have happened. Given the driver had been jumping the queue down the left according to locals who know the road, I'd say there was a lot of impatience involved.WarbyD wrote:The motorist made a series of stupid mistakes for which they need to be penalised appropriately.
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Postby spacehopper » Tue Mar 18, 2014 1:43 pm
Having said that, the driving behaviour,was so poor that the resulting outcome was not only foreseeable but almost a foregone conclusion and I can't see any rational basis upon which the driver can avoid a conviction.
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Postby biker jk » Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:25 pm
"Mistake", "accident". SMIDSY. Well in that case why fine the driver at all! No one is perfect.WarbyD wrote:I don't dispute any of that, so let's just accept that we're mostly on the same page rather than debating what consitutes a "mistake"
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Postby clydesmcdale » Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:04 pm
As others have said, the left lane merges right and going up the left lane may be considered a ‘queue jump’ before being required to merge over. Seeing it for the first time I first thought it was negligence on behalf of the driver, looking right for a gap and not accounting for the cyclist’s pace in front and accidently clipping them.
However, the more I replayed it and put myself in the driver’s spot, the only way the cyclist didn’t end up 100% under the car is if the driver applied the brakes almost instantaneously with the impact. To me, this suggests the driver was looking directly at the cyclist and using the car to intimidate him with his car by getting close. When the impact occurred, seeing that the cyclist was going down, the driver must have immediately jumped on the brakes.
Further role playing, if I was looking over my shoulder to the right looking for a gap and then I hit something it would take me significantly longer to apply my brakes after hearing or feeling a collision. This would have resulted in the rider being fully run over and not just bumped off the front of the car.
I suggest they knew what they were doing and just overcooked their intimidation taking down the rider.
Unfortunately it’ll just be way too easy for the driver to say they were looking away and didn’t account for the rider, before accidentally clipping them. Nothing more will happen other than a traffic infringement for maybe following too closely or some other unfathomable offence.
TLDR – it was on purpose
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Postby exadios » Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:04 pm
What's 'MM'?biker jk wrote:
I understood your point which is why I said "there's no excuse". Go to MM where a few posters are making excuses for the motorist.
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Postby m@ » Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:39 pm
This topic: Moron Motorists #3exadios wrote:What's 'MM'?biker jk wrote:
I understood your point which is why I said "there's no excuse". Go to MM where a few posters are making excuses for the motorist.
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Postby trailgumby » Tue Mar 18, 2014 6:05 pm
It takes 0.4 seconds for the nerve impulse to travel from brain to foot. Add foot travel time from throttle to brake and then hazard perception time to interpret the situation and make the decision to brake on top of that and the answer can only be that the driver saw the impending situation and had the foot staged on the brake already at the moment of collision.
The driver has some pretty serious questions to answer.
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Postby il padrone » Tue Mar 18, 2014 6:25 pm
....one of which was letting the car get a touch too close in their intimidatory driving (I'd be certain that this behaviour was deliberate), or maybe they even deliberately intended to nudge the cyclist.... but just did not realise that the bike would be thrown up and over like it did. "Doesn't happen when I tail-gate and 'touch' a car "WarbyD wrote:The motorist made a series of stupid mistakes for which they need to be penalised appropriately, but likening this to attempted murder is silly.
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Postby trailgumby » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:13 pm
This is anything but that.
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Postby biker jk » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:30 pm
+1 I'm amazed how many on this forum don't know the meaning of the word "accident".trailgumby wrote:No, they're called that when they're unforeseeable.
This is anything but that.
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Postby il padrone » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:39 pm
accident — n
1. an unforeseen event or one without an apparent cause
2. anything that occurs unintentionally or by chance; chance; fortune: I met him by accident
3. a misfortune or mishap, esp one causing injury or death
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Postby HiChris » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:42 pm
Or all of the above.
A few years back I was rear ended by a bus on my motorcycle, cops came to interview me in the ICU, must have been the morphine that was making me happy, when the cops asked me what I thought I replied "just an accident", cops reply was exactly "too close, too fast, not paying attention or deliberate" driver was charged and lost his license.
This driver MUST be charged.
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Postby Carrots » Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:00 pm
That assumes the driver hasn't looked back just prior to hitting the cyclist.clydesmcdale wrote:Having seen the video, ridden that section of road many times and been contacted from family and friends to see if was me (Mt Gravatt local), I’m willing to bet the house this was an act of aggression towards the cyclist.
As others have said, the left lane merges right and going up the left lane may be considered a ‘queue jump’ before being required to merge over. Seeing it for the first time I first thought it was negligence on behalf of the driver, looking right for a gap and not accounting for the cyclist’s pace in front and accidently clipping them.
However, the more I replayed it and put myself in the driver’s spot, the only way the cyclist didn’t end up 100% under the car is if the driver applied the brakes almost instantaneously with the impact. To me, this suggests the driver was looking directly at the cyclist and using the car to intimidate him with his car by getting close. When the impact occurred, seeing that the cyclist was going down, the driver must have immediately jumped on the brakes.
Further role playing, if I was looking over my shoulder to the right looking for a gap and then I hit something it would take me significantly longer to apply my brakes after hearing or feeling a collision. This would have resulted in the rider being fully run over and not just bumped off the front of the car.
I suggest they knew what they were doing and just overcooked their intimidation taking down the rider.
Unfortunately it’ll just be way too easy for the driver to say they were looking away and didn’t account for the rider, before accidentally clipping them. Nothing more will happen other than a traffic infringement for maybe following too closely or some other unfathomable offence.
TLDR – it was on purpose
Either way, it doesn't excuse impatient driving nor stupidity.
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Postby ColinOldnCranky » Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:27 am
Agreed. Like many in this thread Clydes was making an argument to suit a pov when there are plenty of ways that i could have described another scenario. You described on such obvious one.Carrots wrote:That assumes the driver hasn't looked back just prior to hitting the cyclist.clydesmcdale wrote:Having seen the video, ridden that section of road many times and been contacted from family and friends to see if was me (Mt Gravatt local), I’m willing to bet the house this was an act of aggression towards the cyclist.
As others have said, the left lane merges right and going up the left lane may be considered a ‘queue jump’ before being required to merge over. Seeing it for the first time I first thought it was negligence on behalf of the driver, looking right for a gap and not accounting for the cyclist’s pace in front and accidently clipping them.
However, the more I replayed it and put myself in the driver’s spot, the only way the cyclist didn’t end up 100% under the car is if the driver applied the brakes almost instantaneously with the impact. To me, this suggests the driver was looking directly at the cyclist and using the car to intimidate him with his car by getting close. When the impact occurred, seeing that the cyclist was going down, the driver must have immediately jumped on the brakes.
Further role playing, if I was looking over my shoulder to the right looking for a gap and then I hit something it would take me significantly longer to apply my brakes after hearing or feeling a collision. This would have resulted in the rider being fully run over and not just bumped off the front of the car.
I suggest they knew what they were doing and just overcooked their intimidation taking down the rider.
Unfortunately it’ll just be way too easy for the driver to say they were looking away and didn’t account for the rider, before accidentally clipping them. Nothing more will happen other than a traffic infringement for maybe following too closely or some other unfathomable offence.
TLDR – it was on purpose
Either way, it doesn't excuse impatient driving nor stupidity.
Too many people are trying too hard to attribute more into the driver than we can be sure of. The offence was bad enough as it is. And unchallenge-able. Embellishing with challenge-able baggage achieves nothing other than obscuring the rightness of our complaint about an act of seriously dangerous and bad driving.
Lets keep it simple. And rely only on what is there for all to see. Clear as daylight.
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Postby sogood » Wed Mar 19, 2014 9:36 am
Disagree here as one can't be so definitive. It's a merging situations where one often have one foot on the brake. A little distraction and misjudgement and it's into the rear of another vehicle. Take the cyclist out of the scene and this type of collisions happen on a regular basis on our roads. Correct, the driver needs to be punished for various reasons, but calling it intentional at this stage is way too early.trailgumby wrote:Have to agree with ClydesMcDale. If it was unintentional the rider would have been run over.
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Postby wgc138 » Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:44 am
The driver's action is direct, calculated and to an extend deliberate. One would always argue to be more cautions driving near a cyclist or pedestrian, ones without metal protecting their body. Mind you, being in SE Qld I've seen some shockers on the merging lanes and not to mention, the dread round abouts (OMG)... even driving near these cars I'd either slow down or move to the right side, way in advance. This applies to some cars who thinks they have right of passage and everyone else should give way ... as someone has said on this thread or another, we have little respect for cyclists which is sad to see when other countries are the complete opposite.
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Postby zero » Wed Mar 19, 2014 2:23 pm
I don't think the driver did react quickly, there is no sign of braking weight transfer on the video, and the braking required to avoid catching the rider once grounded is in the order of 0.5g - 0.6g (the rate at which a person stops when sliding - maybe a little less if the car was rolling the rider). ie in order to actually outbrake a sliding rider, there has to be considerable visible dipping of the car body.trailgumby wrote:Have to agree with ClydesMcDale. If it was unintentional the rider would have been run over.
It takes 0.4 seconds for the nerve impulse to travel from brain to foot. Add foot travel time from throttle to brake and then hazard perception time to interpret the situation and make the decision to brake on top of that and the answer can only be that the driver saw the impending situation and had the foot staged on the brake already at the moment of collision.
The driver has some pretty serious questions to answer.
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I'd suggest that the only reason this wasn't a GBH or fatality is the low ground clearance on the car concerned and the low initial contact speed difference - didn't require imparting of that much energy in one go to keep the rider ahead of the car. Whilst other vulnerable user collisions are different in this particular case, the rider was largely saved by that not being a land cruiser more than anything else.
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Postby Aushiker » Wed Mar 19, 2014 2:45 pm
+ 1biker jk wrote:"Mistake", "accident". SMIDSY. Well in that case why fine the driver at all! No one is perfect.WarbyD wrote:I don't dispute any of that, so let's just accept that we're mostly on the same page rather than debating what consitutes a "mistake"
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Postby London Boy » Thu Mar 20, 2014 8:45 am
Careless driving, 3 months suspension and $600 fine. Apparently.glawrence2000 wrote:Send them to jail. See how they like the radical life change that hitting someone brings to the victim.
I'm at a loss.
There will also be the civil case, to compensate the rider (new bike, injuries, etc). The injury will be covered by CTP, but she will have to fork out for a replacement for his damaged bike, clothes, etc.
She'll think twice in future I'm sure.
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Postby il padrone » Thu Mar 20, 2014 5:12 pm
The bike and clothing costs will be a lot more than her paltry fine. She will have some thinking to do about correct, safe, driving skills.London Boy wrote:but she will have to fork out for a replacement for his damaged bike, clothes, etc.
She'll think twice in future I'm sure.
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not enough!
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