Originally Posted by SingingSabre
Let me set the scene for you. I was riding home from fire practice Sunday night on my Xtracycle loaded with about 40lbs of fire performance gear. It was about 12:20 AM and the sky was overcast, so any trace of the moon was lost. I was on an area of the road where there weren't many street lamps (Pima Rd between Rosemont and Craycroft, closer to Rosemont, for any Tucsonans). A wrong way cyclist was heading towards me sans light, reflector, helmet, and good judgement.
I screamed "Look out, look out!"
He gave me a bewildered look.
I decided that I would go as far right as possible, despite the almost nonexistant traffic conditions. I figure that I should get my body trained to stay to the right for the next time I encounter a nudnik like this.
He must have felt that he didn't want to give up right of way to some nudnik riding legally, as I felt I didn't want to give it up to some nudnik riding illegally, thus we collided.
Apparently, the Gravity Advantage JuJu that Xtracycle touts works...either that or physics are real. My extra stability and momentum made me hardly even veer off course, while his bike was thrown to the ground. When I looked back, I saw he was standing, so I figure he's okay.
I high tailed it out of there in case he wanted revenge. Besides, I wanted some sprint training.
This has to be one of the most moronic posts I have read ever, on any Bulletin board. Lets see here, we have a person who SEES a potential road hazard, moves a bit, realizes that it is not working, rams another rider, and then leaves. This is called hit and run. Legal fault in the original crash is not relevant when determining whether or not a hit and run occured. Two vehicles were involved in a crash, one left. PERIOD. That makes for a couple of interesting charges. The person who fled, the OP, would be charged with hit and run, and the other one with having no lights, and failing to give right of way to on-coming traffic. We also, from the information given, have no idea if the OP is using lights. The OP is being a twerp, and if caught, will hopefully be charged next time.
It must burn your collective asses that ILTB is right.