Originally Posted by
CB HI
So it was the cyclist fault, that the motorist that almost creamed you, was too stupid to actually look at the traffic signal?
In part, yes. We can all get suckered from time to time. I've seen several examples of people mindlessly starting to follow someone else who is crossing against a red or whatever. Sure it's their own fault, but the other person contributed to their error.
I almost caused an accident myself to a school kid about 10 years old. I reached an intersection on foot, and the light was about to change, so I impatiently stepped from the curb and then stopped since the cars were still coming, and she saw me step into the street and started across and I had to yell at her to stop.
My dad had an aquaintance who hated cab drivers and tried to deliberately get them in accidents, by starting forward at red lights when he was next to them.