Quinns Rocks Roadie wrote:The cyclist is wholly responsible due to travelling far too fast for the conditions, not slowing and verifying that an intersection is safe to cross, and positioning himself alongside the stationary van and out of view of other road users.
No he is not wholly responsible.
the cyclist could have done things different to avoid a clollision, BUT so could the car driver.
The car driver also was travelling to fast for the conditions, also did not verify it was safe to cross, and also positioned himself outside the vieuw of other road users.
Quinns Rocks Roadie wrote:This rider is a prize tool and it irks me that forum members spring to this idiots defence in this case.
In my time as a motorist and cyclist I have long since learned to never leave anything to chance and I ride and drive accordingly - that is I drive and ride defensively.
Remember the thread where a forum member blamed a motorist for his action of spearing off a bikeway and into traffic, and then riding dangerously further down the street.
Cyclists who are bad ambassadors for the overall cycling community thoroughly deserve to be lambasted for their lack of foresight.
Rant over.
You can rant all you want , calling him a tool/idiot and whatever is uncalled for, it says more about you then it does about him.
Why don't you get of your high horse and stop pretending that every accident can be avoided as long as we al ride like you ; 'defensifly'.
The main reason why accidents happen is not the way we ride/drive but because humans make mistakes, and that includes you, and the person in the video.
The only thing defensive riding does is to allow room for the fact that others make mistake, so we can act accordingly and avoid other peoples mistakes.
please note that if those others didn't make mistakes , there would be no need to ride defensifly in the first place.
He was not reckless at all, he just made a mistake, just as the car driver did.