Roadie's probable recklessness leaves a woman brain dead
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And please... don't be such an internet sleuth. All the "info and sources" you read are all coming from the same three people (an English university student on break, his "pal", and probably a jr. cop assigned to handle the press) and all second, third, or fourth hand. Tell me you know this.
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I witnessed a lot of this same argument out here when my Strava hero in San Fran offed that poor ol' guy. My guy took a plea that kept him out of jail,
but that does not change the fact that there were a great many words wasted by the bicycle community here calling for keeping an open mind.
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It's pretty obvious that you do.
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Funny that you equate an objection to rampant speculation as a "defense" of a certain behavior.
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Seems some people do. "Source or it didn't happen", right? Got said in a newspaper so it must be true...
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Why would I investigate this? Am I affected by this incident? I don't live in NYC. I'm not a cop. I can't say what I'd do as either a pedestrian or a cyclist in this case. So what is my motivation here? I'm simply objecting to the very lynch-mob-ish character this thread is turning into.
And please... don't be such an internet sleuth. All the "info and sources" you read are all coming from the same three people (an English university student on break, his "pal", and probably a jr. cop assigned to handle the press) and all second, third, or fourth hand. Tell me you know this.
And please... don't be such an internet sleuth. All the "info and sources" you read are all coming from the same three people (an English university student on break, his "pal", and probably a jr. cop assigned to handle the press) and all second, third, or fourth hand. Tell me you know this.
But again, maybe they are all wrong. And again, rant on. This is a forum after all, where people express opinions.
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(and read what I actually wrote: I am not taking a political position about a hoodie-wearing pedestrian getting shot by an idiot, I am talking about the dangers of jumping to conclusions based on a half reported story and internet sleuthing to find out what people look like and making character judgements based on those findings)
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*you do it so I can do it too!!!* What are you, twelve?
You're here and can defend yourself through further conversation. The guy you're ragging on is not able to respond. You truly don't see a difference in this situation?
You're here and can defend yourself through further conversation. The guy you're ragging on is not able to respond. You truly don't see a difference in this situation?
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Pretty crazy article, sad situation. Wonder why the guy didn't just stop, I see brake levers on the bike and the description of him being on the aero bars as a reason why he couldn't brake is kinda weak sauce. But then again it does sound like the writer was getting atoner talking about how elite this dudes bike is.
If it was at a cross walk it's his fault, pedestrians have right of way. And on top of it he was in a car lane so that's strike two. And the final coffin nail is he hit a rich guys wife, a rich guy that works at a media company.
If it was at a cross walk it's his fault, pedestrians have right of way. And on top of it he was in a car lane so that's strike two. And the final coffin nail is he hit a rich guys wife, a rich guy that works at a media company.
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Finally, the voice of someone who knows the cyclist and the area and rides a bike. The trifecta. Thank you for lending a bit of rationality to this conversation . The sucky thing about this incident is it is entirely possible that a very slight change in circumstance would have led to much less injury to the pedestrian. Something as small as her turning her head slightly (and seeing the cyclist out of the corner of her eye) or her not having her hand in her pocket (pinning it to her side) when she was hit. Very very very slight changes of circumstances and she might have lived.
She likely was blindsided and hit her head in a bad way, possibly on the curb. Bad news, but there isn't necessarily a bad person or even a bad mistake. Stuff happens; sometimes people die for trivial reasons. I think we should all take a second to remember this before getting out the pitch forks.
Live without fear; kiss your kids; be nice to strangers you meet, because two minutes from now, you might be dead from something completely unforeseeable, something completely random, something utterly trivial.
She likely was blindsided and hit her head in a bad way, possibly on the curb. Bad news, but there isn't necessarily a bad person or even a bad mistake. Stuff happens; sometimes people die for trivial reasons. I think we should all take a second to remember this before getting out the pitch forks.
Live without fear; kiss your kids; be nice to strangers you meet, because two minutes from now, you might be dead from something completely unforeseeable, something completely random, something utterly trivial.
A poster already said he knew the route and it is pedestrian strewn who stepped where they shouldn't. He said the route was frought with close calls. So anybody doing the route should know to ride with caution rather than with aggression.
I just hope the verdict gets back to this thread when he goes before the judge.
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Pretty crazy article, sad situation. Wonder why the guy didn't just stop, I see brake levers on the bike and the description of him being on the aero bars as a reason why he couldn't brake is kinda weak sauce. But then again it does sound like the writer was getting atoner talking about how elite this dudes bike is.
If it was at a cross walk it's his fault, pedestrians have right of way. And on top of it he was in a car lane so that's strike two. And the final coffin nail is he hit a rich guys wife, a rich guy that works at a media company.
If it was at a cross walk it's his fault, pedestrians have right of way. And on top of it he was in a car lane so that's strike two. And the final coffin nail is he hit a rich guys wife, a rich guy that works at a media company.
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Those kinds of places don't care about defaming the character of an individual with no political or purse-string power. My only point is: why make assumptions when you don't have to? Remember Trayvon Martin and the infamous picture the news outlets got ahold of that was from when he was a kid? That's the power the media has over a story, and that's why doing this internet sleuthing stuff is dangerous.
(and read what I actually wrote: I am not taking a political position about a hoodie-wearing pedestrian getting shot by an idiot, I am talking about the dangers of jumping to conclusions based on a half reported story and internet sleuthing to find out what people look like and making character judgements based on those findings)
(and read what I actually wrote: I am not taking a political position about a hoodie-wearing pedestrian getting shot by an idiot, I am talking about the dangers of jumping to conclusions based on a half reported story and internet sleuthing to find out what people look like and making character judgements based on those findings)
And look at how much you have now wrote only because I gave an explanation of why the guy wearing Rapha doesn't look like he was just in a bike accident. What is so troubling about that to you?
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Brian's right. The rampant speculation, conclusion jumping and axe grinding is more than a bit disturbing.
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A poster already said he knew the route and it is pedestrian strewn who stepped where they shouldn't. He said the route was frought with close calls. So anybody doing the route should know to ride with caution rather than with aggression.
I just hope the verdict gets back to this thread when he goes before the judge.
I just hope the verdict gets back to this thread when he goes before the judge.
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If nothing, the cyclist exhibited "bad judgement" in my view. You ride anywhere, and I mean anywhere, taking into consideration the conditions and peculiarities of that environment. I have been to Central Park many times, and as a long time cyclist, I always shudder at the speed quite a lot of roadies ride at.
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If nothing, the cyclist exhibited "bad judgement" in my view. You ride anywhere, and I mean anywhere, taking into consideration the conditions and peculiarities of that environment. I have been to Central Park many times, and as a long time cyclist, I always shudder at the speed quite a lot of roadies ride at.
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We don't know if the guy was riding with caution or aggression.
If the guy is riding with caution, there is a non-zero chance a collision might occur.
Yes, an English university student on vacation said he was going fast (most cyclists traveling in the "car" lanes do go fast relative to pedestrians). Yes, his "pal" stated he didn't seem to slow down (so did the police officer when I was 17 and rear-ended a guy; I had the brake pedal pushed to the floor though... wheeled vehicles don't look like they are stopping if there's no accompanying melodramatic brake squeal/tires smoking).
Notice I have made exactly zero statements of fact about this incident. Except for two which are self-evident: 1) A pedestrian and a cyclist at speed collided and 2) the pedestrian had a head injury and died. I am sorry someone died. I'm not going to speculate about how the cyclist was stupid, a moron, evil, should be jailed, a Strava junkie, irrational, negligent, criminal... as an expression of sympathy. These are weighty concepts not to be tossed around lightly. That is all I am talking about.
People want it to be true that the cyclist was a dick, irresponsible, a moron, criminal, for two reasons: 1) it sets the world to rights because a lady got killed and so there must be a bad guy to take the blame for the tragedy, and 2) if the cyclist was a dick, it means all us other self-proclaimed non-dicks are safe from ever being in this situation. Comforting thoughts both, but patently untrue.
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Well, running into that poor woman at 12.2 mph most likely wouldn't have resulted in her being brain dead. Unless of course she was unlucky to hit her head in a very unusual way.
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...well of course. I'm only stating that relying on "swerving" and/or "shouting get out of the way" as your fallback is defective from the outset.
I'm not a big fan of our Strava hero here in California, either. I'm not eager to jump to conclusions,
but the picture in the Gothamist sorta is not real likely to win friends and influence people.
#toomuchRaphanotenoughsense
I'm not a big fan of our Strava hero here in California, either. I'm not eager to jump to conclusions,
but the picture in the Gothamist sorta is not real likely to win friends and influence people.
#toomuchRaphanotenoughsense
There is difference between your example where a person was correctly identified and your implication that the man in this case is not. Tell me you know this.
And look at how much you have now wrote only because I gave an explanation of why the guy wearing Rapha doesn't look like he was just in a bike accident. What is so troubling about that to you?
And look at how much you have now wrote only because I gave an explanation of why the guy wearing Rapha doesn't look like he was just in a bike accident. What is so troubling about that to you?
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Falling and hitting your head on a curb at zero speed can result in you dying. People die in the shower from slip/fall all the time.
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