[Mad Dawg]

Why I won’t join a bicycling club.

I’m waiting at a light after dark. It turns green. As I press my accelerator. A bicyclist zips off the cross street SIDEWALK to my left and we both slam on our brakes as he stops right in front of me.

He then gives ME a ration!

[beef]

There is a subculture of cyclists that refuse to wear helmets because it implies that they have some responsibility for safety. For them, it is by definition the car's fault.

When I was doing a lot of cycling (which is regrettably no longer the case - time to go back into retirement!), I always wore a helmet, I also dressed in a tee-shirt and normal people's shorts and not like a French queer. I rode all over Eastern North Carolina and never had a problem

[cuban leaf]

—He was riding a 10-speed bike. —

Bike must have been a Schwinn Varsity.

[cripplecreek]

Wasn't me. I've been driving the van lately.

[colorcountry]

This story reminds me of what my father told me - and I’ve always remembered it.

He was right, dead right,
as he rolled along.
But he is just as dead, right
as if he were wrong.

[so_real]

"He jumped up, he got up, and he ran around the front of the truck to the driver's side and he just started pounding on this guy. He hit him ... maybe seven times or so,"

The truck driver is lucky. A half dozen solid hits could have put him in the hospital instead. The bicyclist should have been grateful to be alive; instead, he is not. An example set for the rest of us, I hope.

[GreatRoad]

My town had the trouble making bicyclists for a while but now our police give citations to bicyclists who violate road rules. It thinned out the bikes by 75%. Trouble seeking bikers don’t go through town anymore. It’s great.

[Lakeshark]

Darks, I don't know how, but you've obviously had a hand in this.

Suicide by bycycle........not your finest scheme....

:-)

[RaceBannon]

A bicyclist is NOT a pedestrian

a Bicyclist is a legal operating vehicle on the road

traffic laws that apply to vehicles apply to bicycles, not pedestrians

I need to see a better description of the accident to make judgement because of this

[Lazamataz]

"The pedestrian light was red. He wasn't supposed to be crossing and ran into the side of the truck," said witness Michelle Noffsinger. "He jumped up, he got up, and he ran around the front of the truck to the driver's side and he just started pounding on this guy. He hit him ... maybe seven times or so, and then the driver shot him and he fell to the ground. It was just really crazy."

It has nothing to do with bicycles. In fact, there's barely need of it being mentioned.

This is strictly an assault-and-battery case that turned out poorly for the batterer.

[RaceBannon]

Police said the two began arguing after the bicyclist disregarded a "Do Not Cross" signal at Telegraph and Northline roads, causing the driver to hit him. Witnesses said the bicyclist got up and confronted the driver.

"The pedestrian light was red. He wasn't supposed to be crossing and ran into the side of the truck," said witness Michelle Noffsinger. "He jumped up, he got up, and he ran around the front of the truck to the driver's side and he just started pounding on this guy. He hit him ... maybe seven times or so, and then the driver shot him and he fell to the ground. It was just really crazy."

like a said, a cyclist is NOT a pedestrian, seems the writer of this article got it wrong claiming that pedestrian signs are something that a vehicle, that a cyclist is, is supposed to obey, but I would still like to see where he crossed and from where the truck came because it sounds like the cyclist had the right of way so far

[Little Ray]

Sounds like self-defense to me. No-bill the driver.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I remember bicyclists blasting through red lights when I lived in Tulsa. It appears that red lights do not apply to bicyclists. Glad I and others around had good brakes.

Never trust a bicyclist.

[JimRed]

Police said they are still trying to identify the bicyclist. He is described as a white man between 35 and 40 years old with gray hair. He was riding a 10-speed bike.

Any bets on his political registration?

[Melas]

Yep, this thread was pretty much as I thought. Only half-a-dozen comments on the actual assault, but the ignorati came out in droves to express their &#(#! ^&% opinions on bicycles and spandex.

[Aquamarine]

The main artery that goes through the mountains in our area has turned into a playground on the weekends for bicycler's and Japanese race bikes that come up from Atlanta to test their skills. We don't like to take that route on the weekend if we can help it, there are countless stories of close calls but the worst was the time I was passing a bicycler in my lane when a car in oncoming traffic was passing a bicycler at the same time. Did some stunt driving that day.

We had to go south to a birthday party last Sunday and the mountain was full of bicyclers, mostly women which is something new we've noticed. One girl stayed in the middle of the lane all the way down with a line of traffic following her, it was insane.

[bmwcyle]

One less bike rider who thinks he owns the road.

[TASMANIANRED]

Sounds like a good shoot and a misleading headline.

[grellis]

On a happy note, the gene pool is a weensie bit cleaner