Originally Posted by
burvowski
Hi, I got hit by a car the other day while riding the sidewalk. I am a big advocate of cyclists sharing the road but this day I was pretty tired and was riding at a very slow pace to get to class. I am doing a project on cycling safety and created this video to show how to it went down.
http://web.missouri.edu/~jgb9d6/Crash%20SWF/Crash.html
So is it my fault because I was riding on the sidewalk? I don't think so, personally, but others who I've told about the crash disagree.
Nice presentation. How long did that take?
Yes your fault you are ridding the wrong way. A driver didn't see (that was their stopping) they were looking for legal cyclists and motorists comming in the other direction.
Common problem with sidewalk ridding as you need to walk your bicycle to avoid cycling in the wrong direction.