Red Light Runner Cops One

[snorri]

You could tell all that from that video? Wow.

No, but I thought it was time to open up the thread with an alternative view.
If the majority of posters on this thread can condemn the cyclist with the scant evidence provided by the video, then I feel entitled to defend with a similar lack of evidence.

 

[Drago]

Is flying out into a road scant evidence? Seems a pretty bold action to me.

 

[snorri]

Is flying out into a road scant evidence? Seems a pretty bold action to me.

I didn't say he hadn't flown out, but was offering possible reasons for his flying out, reasons which would go some way to suggesting he may not fit the scurrilous descriptions applied to him by people on this thread who have jumped on the persecution bandwagon.

 

[slowmotion]

Looks as if the cyclist may have had a brake failure, hand slipped off the brake lever or a blackout as he approached the lights.

You would make an excellent barrister for the defence.

 

[bladesman73]

Some of the comments on here are hilarious. The cyclist went through a red and got done. No sympathy with the idiot.

Mod note: edited to remove beginning of a 'helmet discussion'
If anyone wants to discuss the wearing of helmets in connection with this incident, do it on the helmet thread.

 

[slowmotion]

This thread is developing into a slowmotion car crash. Please keep the cameras rolling.

 

[steve50]

Looks as if the cyclist may have had a brake failure, hand slipped off the brake lever or a blackout as he approached the lights.

What????? was it you riding the bike in that clip or perhaps it was a friend of yours? Looks like you are trying to make excuses for the lack of good judgement and common sense of this particular cyclist, he rode straight through a red light into the path of oncoming vehicles, now unless he had a suicide wish I would class that as pretty damn stupid.

 

[Crandoggler]

I think a lot of people are being over analytical. Face value, to me, it looks as though the cyclist has farked up due to chancing a red light one too many times.

 

[steveindenmark]

We are all cyclists and should be big enough to admit when we make mistakes and not try to defend the undefendable.

The cyclist was a total Dick and paid the price and the driver did nothing wrong at all.

 

[outlash]

We are all adults and should be big enough to admit when we make mistakes and not try to defend the undefendable.

The road user was a total Dick and paid the price and the driver did nothing wrong at all.

FTFY.

 

[Brandane]

FTFY.

By the same logic; do we have to stop calling nobbers in cars motor vehicles "drivers" whenever they drive operate their vehicles like daffodils? They are not drivers, they are the aforementioned daffodils in cars/lorries/buses etc..

 

[steveindenmark]

By the same logic; do we have to stop calling nobbers in cars motor vehicles "drivers" whenever they drive operate their vehicles like daffodils? They are not drivers, they are the aforementioned daffodils in cars/lorries/buses etc..

Good Lord no. But we learn that nobbers ride bikes as well as drive cars. Its just that we are not all nobbers.

 

[Origamist]

Good Lord no. But we learn that nobbers ride bikes as well as drive cars. Its just that we are not all nobbers.

A fascinating revelation.

 

[liambauckham]

he was probably too busy looking for a kitten to punch

 

[Levo-Lon]

Cyclist hit by car after ignoring Red light..wow..