View Poll Results: For those of you who have been involved in a bike + motorized vehicle accident, who w
I was rear ended by a motorized vehicle while on my bike.
5
19.23%
I was not rear ended, but hit in some other fashion
16
61.54%
Other...please explain
5
19.23%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 26. You may not vote on this poll
Rear ended?
04-11-07 | 09:58 AM
#26
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"Peds walking in the lane against traffic, no sidewalk, gravel shoulder. I come opposite direction (with traffic.) I see peds, slow to a crawl. They see me and step off onto gravel shoulder. I increase speed a little to about 15 mph (downhill.) As I pass, they stick out their arms into my path. I block with my right forearm (don't ever do that,) connect arms with ped, endo, face on pavement."
This doesn't sound like an accident, it sounds intentional. Did you file a criminal complaint?
Michael
This doesn't sound like an accident, it sounds intentional. Did you file a criminal complaint?
Michael
04-11-07 | 10:09 AM
#27
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Originally Posted by genec
And where was that one person riding??? Center biased or not?
I have never been struck by lightening on a golf course... but then again, I don't golf, so do I fit the proper parameters for a lightening strike on a golf course. Other people have been struck by lightening on golf courses... because they were in that location.
So getting back to my comment, if a cyclist never rides in a location where they might be struck, then the likelyhood of a rear end collision is pretty darn small.
I have never been struck by lightening on a golf course... but then again, I don't golf, so do I fit the proper parameters for a lightening strike on a golf course. Other people have been struck by lightening on golf courses... because they were in that location.
So getting back to my comment, if a cyclist never rides in a location where they might be struck, then the likelyhood of a rear end collision is pretty darn small.
The sample size isn't sufficient to draw any real conclusions.
04-11-07 | 12:26 PM
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I don't know if this counts, but I was run down on purpose by a guy in a car after we had a heated argument. I almost got away from him but he got me.
About 5 stitches and the cops wouldn't press charges, driver says I swerved into him.
About 5 stitches and the cops wouldn't press charges, driver says I swerved into him.
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1988 Ducati 750 F1
04-11-07 | 12:41 PM
#29
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Originally Posted by slowandsteady
For those of you who have been involved in a bike + motorized vehicle accident, who was rear ended by the motorized vehicle and who hasn't?
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04-11-07 | 01:49 PM
#30
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What is your point? I have no agenda.
On an another thread someone posted that rear endings were common. I just wanted to see what the stats were on this with a poll. I know all of its flaws, but I don't have access to a focus group or a properly controlled study. This is just a quick and dirty poll.
I have no fear of being rear ended or being hit by a car in general. I have had a handful of falls and none of them involved another vehicle. I always ride with traffic, rarely on MUPs and take the lane most of the time. Actually, I take the lane until about 1 second before the car passes and then I scoot over to give myself a little more room. But I ride in a rural area with cars and trucks passing me at 50 mph+.
It is a suicide mission to ride against traffic.
On an another thread someone posted that rear endings were common. I just wanted to see what the stats were on this with a poll. I know all of its flaws, but I don't have access to a focus group or a properly controlled study. This is just a quick and dirty poll.
I have no fear of being rear ended or being hit by a car in general. I have had a handful of falls and none of them involved another vehicle. I always ride with traffic, rarely on MUPs and take the lane most of the time. Actually, I take the lane until about 1 second before the car passes and then I scoot over to give myself a little more room. But I ride in a rural area with cars and trucks passing me at 50 mph+.
It is a suicide mission to ride against traffic.
04-11-07 | 03:10 PM
#31
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Originally Posted by slowandsteady
What is your point? I have no agenda.
On an another thread someone posted that rear endings were common. I just wanted to see what the stats were on this with a poll. I know all of its flaws, but I don't have access to a focus group or a properly controlled study. This is just a quick and dirty poll.
I have no fear of being rear ended or being hit by a car in general. I have had a handful of falls and none of them involved another vehicle. I always ride with traffic, rarely on MUPs and take the lane most of the time. Actually, I take the lane until about 1 second before the car passes and then I scoot over to give myself a little more room. But I ride in a rural area with cars and trucks passing me at 50 mph+.
It is a suicide mission to ride against traffic.
On an another thread someone posted that rear endings were common. I just wanted to see what the stats were on this with a poll. I know all of its flaws, but I don't have access to a focus group or a properly controlled study. This is just a quick and dirty poll.
I have no fear of being rear ended or being hit by a car in general. I have had a handful of falls and none of them involved another vehicle. I always ride with traffic, rarely on MUPs and take the lane most of the time. Actually, I take the lane until about 1 second before the car passes and then I scoot over to give myself a little more room. But I ride in a rural area with cars and trucks passing me at 50 mph+.
It is a suicide mission to ride against traffic.
Could it be that you misread that thread and perhaps the person said that rear ender accidents were common in autos. And perhaps that person then postulated that the more leftish or centerish we cyclists ride the more chance we might become involved in similar accidents as motorists? Could it be that other thread questions the validity of low rear end accidents? Go you one futher with this poll... overtaking or rear end accidents tend to be the most deadly type for cyclists... so how many live respondents do you really expect to find here?
Of course the stats on cyclists at this time indicate that overtaking or rear ender accidents are low... look where most cyclists ride... spend an hour or two observing cyclists on local street where cyclists tend to ride, and see where most cyclists are... to the right or centerish or what? (I'll give you a hint... you won't find MOST cyclists in the "right tire track." )
04-11-07 | 03:19 PM
#32
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Originally Posted by genec
Hey what other thread said rear enders were common?
Could it be that you misread that thread and perhaps the person said that rear ender accidents were common in autos. And perhaps that person then postulated that the more leftish or centerish we cyclists ride the more chance we might become involved in similar accidents as motorists? Could it be that other thread questions the validity of low rear end accidents? Go you one futher with this poll... overtaking or rear end accidents tend to be the most deadly type for cyclists... so how many live respondents do you really expect to find here?
Of course the stats on cyclists at this time indicate that overtaking or rear ender accidents are low... look where most cyclists ride... spend an hour or two observing cyclists on local street where cyclists tend to ride, and see where most cyclists are... to the right or centerish or what? (I'll give you a hint... you won't find MOST cyclists in the "right tire track." )
Could it be that you misread that thread and perhaps the person said that rear ender accidents were common in autos. And perhaps that person then postulated that the more leftish or centerish we cyclists ride the more chance we might become involved in similar accidents as motorists? Could it be that other thread questions the validity of low rear end accidents? Go you one futher with this poll... overtaking or rear end accidents tend to be the most deadly type for cyclists... so how many live respondents do you really expect to find here?
Of course the stats on cyclists at this time indicate that overtaking or rear ender accidents are low... look where most cyclists ride... spend an hour or two observing cyclists on local street where cyclists tend to ride, and see where most cyclists are... to the right or centerish or what? (I'll give you a hint... you won't find MOST cyclists in the "right tire track." )
So the results of my poll are invalid because all of the people who would have sided with you are actually dead? And so answer your question....I expected all of the respondants to be alive.
Actually, most of the cyclists I see are in one of two places. They are either in the right tire track or riding opposing traffic. Where I ride there are no shoulders or sidewalks. They are two lane 50 + mph rural roads. YMMV
04-11-07 | 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Helmet Head
This poll is a sham.
(no offense, it's just the typical intelligent response I get in my poll threads, so I thought I'd give it a shot to see how it feels).
(no offense, it's just the typical intelligent
response I get in my poll threads, so I thought I'd give it a shot to see how it feels).That is because your polls are a sham. I have no agenda with this poll. I am not trying to prove a point. I had no idea which way it would go. Someone else posted a point about being rear ended, and I decided to start a poll to see what people had experienced. It doesn't prove anything.
The other guy may have a point about lane positioning having to do with being rear ended. Since there aren't any stats on this, no one really knows. But it is an interesting thought.
