Posted on 07/02/2021 8:53:47 AM PDT by Eddie01
“Not her fault. Safety negligence on the part of the organizers. Surprised it hasn’t happened before.”
She must have wondered what all those cameras and people were doing there when all those bicycles came out of nowhere.
She was facing away from the riders in a bid to get some camera time and while impeding the riders with her sign. Seems pretty negligent to me. This isn’t a case of an over excited fan accidently blocking the road while cheering her favorite rider on.
With part of her body over the road and in the way of the biker.
With part of her body over the road and in the way of the biker.
Why did you post this to me? You're agreeing with me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipvesqJP1e4
Norm Hiccup, Motorcyclist who Identifies as a Bicyclist, now winning competitions.
“Her foot, knee and shoulders are all at least a foot into the road.”
Yes. The side of the road.
“I’m amazed that there are people on this thread actually defending this idiot woman.”
Defending culpability in a serious crime, which is absurd and draconian.
Not defending her idiocy.
And mainly laughing at the keystone cops pile up.
She deserves a medal just for that.
I’ve been to to the TDF when Lance A was on run #3. almost EVERYONE is within INCHES of the cyclists at certain roads in France. The locals there have seen it so many times they know exactly when to get into cyclists faces and put up signs.
Glad she’s going to pay for that. These people train for years and to have it come crashing down (literally) is just terrible.
The Tour is sure to have racing rules that will get you fined or disqualified if you break them.
They’ll probably tell you it’s part and parcel of the Tour de France experience.
Looking over this thread, I think that it’s fair to say that the vast majority of FReepers agree that it is self-evident that the woman was at fault and liable. However, there are a few who apparently have a, shall we kindly say, different perspective.
It makes me wonder how a jury of twelve people can ever agree to convict or acquit anybody when there is often a sore thumb in the crowd with a totally illogical view of the world. Out of 12 people, it would only take one or two to gum up the works, and they don’t have to have an argument that makes a bit of sense to do so.
Truth isn’t determined by popular vote, but human “justice” or lack thereof often is. Some of the good fruits of democracy can rot on the vine when too many folks who don’t have a clue get together in one place.
I suspect a lot of us don’t really mind what the woman did, at least in parts of the country where they REFUSE to ride on the shoulder.
True. But, this is racing. Stuff happens.
The latest development is that the woman turned herself into authorities on Wednesday. The Tour officials decided not to pursue any further legal action against her.
See: Tour de France organizers dropping suit against spectator who caused crash
The organizers for the Tour de France announced on Thursday that they would not seek charges against the spectator who was responsible for a multicyclist crash Saturday.
"We are withdrawing our complaint. This story has been blown out of proportion but we wish to remind everyone of the safety rules on the race," Tour director Christian Prudhomme said, according to Eurosport.
Apparently, the Tour officials agree with folks here with a "different perspective."
The Tour thinks everyone is over-reacting. They've decided to not pursue charges against the woman after she turned herself in on Wednesday.
See: Tour de France organizers dropping suit against spectator who caused crash
The organizers for the Tour de France announced on Thursday that they would not seek charges against the spectator who was responsible for a multicyclist crash Saturday.
"We are withdrawing our complaint. This story has been blown out of proportion but we wish to remind everyone of the safety rules on the race," Tour director Christian Prudhomme said, according to Eurosport.
I often see signs on two lane roads that say “SHARE THE ROAD” with a graphic of a bicycle.
Still you can see bicyclists ignoring the signs, and refusing to move to the right when a car is behind them.
Yes, I see the signs directed to bicyclists mainly, as well as cars.
Just because they didn’t press charges against her doesn’t mean that she wasn’t at fault or even that they didn’t think that she was at fault. Whether she was at fault, and whether she gets formally charged, are two different things.
When I was 9, we rode our bikes through a ring of fire, made of burning pallets. Sometimes you hit your head, sometimes you hit the sides. I never thought to charge anyone with a crime, just got back up and rode through again. Pussies.
There was a second crash that occurred at 6.8mi of the same stage when two riders crossed tires. That crash took out nearly the rest of the peloton.
That second crash knocked four riders out of the race entirely. (Konovalovas, Lemoine, Soler, and Sütterlin)
See: Lemoine, Soler, Konovalovas among many seriously injured in two Tour stage 1 crashes
What should the race organizers do about the two racers that caused the second crash?
Using your logic, they would also be at fault for their carelessness. Shouldn't they also be charged under the same laws being applied to the spectator? (Careless disregard for the safety of the riders)
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