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Old 07-21-05 | 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by knutz - edited by noisebeam to remove extra words
But I do have a bad Bicyclist story. ...
It was a one lane road with a speed limit of 10 MPH in a little residential neighborhood. ...
this cyclist passes me doing about 25 MPH. it was obvious he wasn't watching the road cause he missed me by about 5 inches or less. ...
he proceeded to ram my daughter at about 25 MPH. ....
My daughter was fine except for cuts and bruises. The cyclist on the other hand looked to have a broken leg and several cuts and bruises.
...he started cussing me and asking why my daughter wasn't watching where she was going. I was WTF?
...I did something stupid in a fit of rage. ....then kicked the living ***** out of his broken leg.
None of us were there so we can't know what really happened and will of course give you the benefit of the doubt, but a few thoughts...

I don't know of any public (vs. private drives and parking lots) residential areas that have speed limits of 10mph. It seems cyclist fell into a lapse of innattention (not an excuse) or there was some other unexplained circumstance that lead to the incident.
Riding hard (which is irresponsible in places like this) can make one less attentive, crashing and pain can make one say stupid things (like blaming your daughter) All cyclists I know want to avoid at all costs crashing, especially when riding 25mph on pavement. This means swerving to avoid potholes, let alone a young child. No cyclist, except a deranged one with issues, wants to intentionally crash into a child.
Rage can make one react stupidly in response to a person who was not riding responsibly, but also not intentionally endangering you and your daughter. After getting kicked, they probably left the scene feeling less bad about it and learning less of a lesson vs. had you (done the near impossible) and offered to help them up while calmly lecturing them about speed and attentivess. But that is easy to say after the fact.

Drivers kill people daily due to lapses of inattention and other irresponsible behaviors.

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