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So, this weekend, I pulled over in my wife's vehicle in a parking lane. About 5 seconds after I stopped, I heard a thump, then saw a man going flying by my window and then he bounced off the front the vehicle. I was parked, he was on a bike, he hit my parked car. This is the second time in my life a biker has hit my stopped car. Anyways, got out to see if he was okay / inspect the car. It is a busy street, tons of bicycle traffic, and someone else on a bike saw it happen. He immediately went over to the guy, picked up his bike, asked if he could get up. The man couldn't. The witness immediately asked the man if he was drunk. He wasn't hurt, his bike was fine, he was apparently an idiot though. Full cycling gear, gloves, rear view mirror attached to his helmet, etc. He kept asking where Broadway was, which is a street. Then, he left. He damaged our car (scratch and dent), and left. I couldn't exactly pursue him, as I am on crutches. The witness at least convinced him not to ride anymore, that he should walk his bike home (I think this witness saw him riding erratically prior to the incident.)
A man in a car, that did not witness what happened, immediately started defending the biker. Why do people who don't even witness the accident jump in to place blame (always against the person in the car, never the biker)? I need a dashboard camera to defend myself. If the man injured himself, I would likely be subject to a ridiculous lawsuit.
So, any suggestions?
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forget the camera... buy a big, BIG, really BIG gun... here we can't, but... sometimes... 
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wizardzz wrote: A man in a car, that did not witness what happened, immediately started defending the biker.
You should've told this guy to elephant off, and then if he persisted, kicked his car and asked him why he just hit a pedestrian.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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I was already on crutches, I should have blamed him for the fractured toe!
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LMFAO - and the winner for best idea today goes to ...... Colin Mullikin for his role in
Colin Mullikin wrote: and then if he persisted, kicked his car and asked him why he just hit a pedestrian.
Don't comment your code - it was hard to write, it should be hard to read!
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Why thank you! I like to think that I can be clever when I really apply myself. 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Colin Mullikin wrote: kicked his car and asked him why he just hit a pedestrian
I like your style 
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brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ rake in_the_dough
Raking in the dough
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ make lots_of_money
Making lots_of_money
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Scratch and dent for the priviledge to see idiot bicyclist fly by your window, pretty good trade I'd say.
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Knowing that there was little chance to get anyone to cover such repairs to her car, I think my wife did manage to find some humor in his stupidity. It was hilarious.
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Great story.
I would embellish it with a tricky ending. Something like, instead of asking a question, add "And then I realized it was Bob himself. And as he wobbled away I think I noticed that there was liquid streaming down the side of his glass head, presumeably from out of the hole where any normal person would have had a glasserian fissure. It was clear.
The plastic hook and the plastic ball & loop, pray ... might still be intact"
You know make it more dramatic. Targeting the other cold-blooded troglobytes here in the lounge.
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wizardzz wrote: A man in a car, that did not witness what happened, immediately started defending the biker.
People reflexively defend the weaker party regardless of whether or not it makes sense.
I pretty much hate all cyclists.
But then I'm not into viewing people's sweaty, spandex laden asses at eye level every time I commute.
Go save the planet on your own time.
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As Herself keeps on reminding me: "You can't run them off the road and over a cliff. Someone will see."
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Some things are worth the LOLs.
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I hate them too... A LOT of them drive like jackasses and then wonder why they get hit. If I had a dollar for every time I've seen someone on a bike run a light...
Exhibit A[^]
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MehGerbil wrote: reflexively
And on the embellishment note, but maintaining non-fictionality, how is it that YOU purportedly know the content of the samaritan's vidi? The logic of you're observation would be ripped to shreds on cross.
That smells of subpoena butterflies. Go get yourself a glass bead and lead window ornament hobby kit. It's time to stick with suckers on the familyroom window some telltale signs of creativity. Maybe a "hate that" spelled out in orange. Or something of dis nature.
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I tried the lead window thing.
I couldn't decide if I wanted the message readable from the inside or the outside.
I gave up in frustration.
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Etcellent Smithers!
Etcellent ...
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MehGerbil wrote: I'm not into viewing people's sweaty, spandex laden asses at eye level every time I commute. Go save the planet on your own time
I'm not saving the planet. I'm exercising my right to use the road, just as you are.
If you're driving so that you can see my ass is sweating you're driving too frigging close!
Software Zen: delete this;
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I do believe this is unresolvable, there are bad/inconsiderate arseholes driving cars and there cyclists who are lunatics, it is an unholy mix and inevitably the cyclist comes out 2nd best. Pumps up the angst of those on both sides, somewhat like religious wars or MS/Apple but with rather more palpable consequences.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Most cyclists I know do a pretty good job of obeying the traffic laws. I ride defensively, staying to the right of the lane unless I'm making a turn, in which case I take the lane. I signal my turns. I don't run stop signs or lights.
That said, several times a season I find myself in situations with motor vehicles that are caused by over-aggressive or careless drivers. I've been honked at, cursed, and nearly hit more times than I can count. I've been told I had no right to be on the road "since I didn't pay taxes"  . I've been swept into a ditch by a rear-view mirror, when the driver was too busy masturbating her phone to pay attention.
You know what really, really grates? The fact that an intoxicated driver who kills a cyclist typically receives less than a year of prison time as a sentence.
Software Zen: delete this;
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It really isn't the cyclist's fault or driver's fault.
It is ridiculous to place a two ton vehicle on the same path as a 30 lb. vehicle.
This goes back to a poor decision made decades ago to make our cities car friendly but not pedestrian friendly. They really should start moving cars out of the cities altogether - a decades long process - but where we need to go.
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A dashcam is a must, especially if you drive in Russia[^]. 
/ravi
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Yeah
I saw that Sixty Minutes squibb too. Turns out there's only one driver in the entire country and all these videos are the product of his devious behavior.
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