Red Light Runner Cops One

[Lonestar]

Calm down guys.

 

[Brandane]

The clip is of someone getting their head smashed open. The primary concern to anyone who isn't a complete waste of skin ought to be how he is. We know RLJing is bad, I can't quite bring myself to point and laugh at someone who's been badly hurt after making a mistake.

I wonder if you would be quite so forgiving if this had been a car driver who had "made a mistake" and came through a red light into the path of a cyclist? People who make mistakes on bikes might also be the same people who make mistakes in cars. At least this time he/she has learned an important lesson without killing him/herself or anyone else.

 

[Drago]

The cyclist is a tool, and proves Darwin right.

However, when there's a car smack do we see lame reports in the press of people urging "safe driving"? Proof that whether we like it or not that as a group we are under greater scrutiny, and the actions of one dilbert cause 10 times the stir than the equivalent car driving miscreant creates.

 

[glenn forger]

I wonder if you would be quite so forgiving if this had been a car driver who had "made a mistake" and came through a red light into the path of a cyclist?

If you completely change the circumstances of an event then my reaction would be different, yes.

 

[Lonestar]

Not meaning to offend but that was stupidity which we see all the time,not a mistake.

 

[glenn forger]

The same page reports a pensioner who died after being hit by a car and a driver seriously hurt after colliding with a tree that came out of nowhere. Neither article is accompanied by exhortations to drivers to slow down and pay attention.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

You claimed the cyclist was "begging" to have his head smashed open. You are al appalling waste of skin.

The cyclist not only ran a red light, he did it in a place where even a cursory glance would have shown him the approaching car. I'm afraid your pathological hatred of motorists tends to fry your brain at times.

 

[Drago]

Im sure he'd have behaved equally twottishly had he been driving a car.

 

[glenn forger]

I feel sorry for the driver. I am a driver. The driver did nothing wrong. Argue with what I've said, not your bizarre lies.

You claimed a young man who had his head smashed open was "begging for it". That's just nasty, are you really pleased by that footage?

 

[Vapin' Joe]

I feel sorry for the driver. I am a driver. The driver did nothing wrong. Argue with what I've said, not your bizarre lies.

You claimed a young man who had his head smashed open was "begging for it". That's just nasty, are you really pleased by that footage?

I don't recall saying I was "Pleased" by anything.

Let's suppose the thread was about a motorist who hit a tree whilst texting as he drove. Would you complain about the phrase "Begging for it"?

 

[Spinney]

Mod note:
Please stick to discussing the accident - not at sniping at each other.

 

[glenn forger]

If the footage was as graphic and horrible then you bet I would. That's just a horrible clip to post with such remarks, I hate seeing people getting hurt and if I despise the person getting hurt it doesn't really make any difference.

 

[Spinney]

Mod note: @glenn forger - I will assume you posted while I was posting. But the argument stops now.

 

[Pale Rider]

Is the cyclist wearing a full face downhill MTB/BMX helmet?

I think he might be.

If so, it may be the vision from his cursory right glance was obscured.

 

[Tim Hall]

Is the cyclist wearing a full face downhill MTB/BMX helmet?

I think he might be.

If so, it may be the vision from his cursory right glance was obscured.

The accompanying article says he wasn't wearing a helmet.