Originally Posted by jaxgtr

My normal commute generally starts between 4:15 and 4:30 am, is 7.5 miles, and the last 4 miles is down a 4 lane divided road that during normal hours has very heavy traffic and really starts to get heavy around 5:30 AM. During my commute time, there is really no traffic at all, some day a few as 2 or 3 cars.

So here I was today at a stop light about a mile from my office, as I waited for a car that was turning left to the North and across the street was a SUV coming up to the intersection getting ready to turn right to also go North. I was heading South. The 2 vehicles had the green light and a clear lanes to turn when all of a sudden, I notice the bike to my left, riding South in the North bound lane, no lights, wearing all black and no helmet. It was cold this morning, about 35 F and he just rides through the intersection. The SUV driver never sees him, hits him, knocks him on the road and I just hear her scream. I immediately ride over to make sure he is not injured. She was not going that fast, but still could cause injury.

This stupid kid got up, started yelling at her, like it was her fault to the point that I told her to get in her car as I held him back. He start looking at his bike and the only damage was a bent pedal, but I suspect it was already bent. He started to call the cops and he had the balls to ask if I was going to tell the cops that she turned in to him. I told him that I would tell the truth.....he was in the wrong and it was his fault. He looked at me and said, you're riding a bike and you're going to take the side of a cager? I said in this case, I sure am.

The driver was in her car on her phone, the kid spit at me, cussed me and then took a swing at me as he rode off. I shook my head, and then pointed my bike light toward her car to look for damage and did not see any, so I think she must have hit him on the leg versus hitting the bike. I asked her if she was ok, let her know that I did not see any damage to her car. She got out and told me the police were on the way. She seemed pretty shaken up. She told me thank you for coming over and we waited a few mins for the police to show up. Once they showed, we gave our stories and a description of the kid and told him what direction he rode off in.

The stupidity of some people still amazes me even though it should not. I've seen this guy before, always on the other side of the road, riding in the dark with no lights. I'm guessing he works down the road a bit where there are a bunch of stores, but I figure at some point in the future, he is going to be killed which will be sad for his family because he is stupid.