Posted on 05/16/2002 1:00:36 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch
Bicyclist's screams ignored
SANDPOINT, Idaho -- A bicyclist who fell off a pedestrian bridge clung to its girder and yelled for five hours before he was rescued -- ignored by two boys who walked away laughing, police said.
Christopher Blair apparently tipped over a guardrail on an unlit bridge over Lake Pend Oreille at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday.
The cyclist managed to scramble to safety on the bridge's concrete piling, and then climbed onto support beams 12 feet above water, where he began to scream for help.
"He said that he had been yelling for help all night and had even been located by two juvenile boys, but they would not help him," Sheriff's Deputy Ben Sterling said in a report filed Tuesday.
A nearby resident finally heard Blair's screams at 2:20 a.m. Sunday. A search by flashlight found Blair perched on the beams, suffering from early signs of hypothermia.
"I could see that he was trembling, he was wet, and he had a very red nose," Sterling said.
Rescuers lowered Blair by basket into a rescue raft and took him to Bonner General Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries and released.
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When I ride a bike I wear normal clothes and not the nanny-state uniform the bed-wetting libbos don.
Go stuff your silly compassion in a bike girdle.
Of course, if he had a "I Love California" sticker on his helmet he'd be lucky the locals didn't shoot him...
I suspect that that's the very bridge. LOL
If barbie were life sized, she'd be 5' 6" and measure 30-18-26. There's no need to bow up her hieght to such a ridiculous level. The waist is a little too thin, but feminists like to "scale her up" to 7 foot plus because the bust number gets them more attention that way.
ROFL
Men in bike shorts are a truly unattractive sight.
"Beautify Boca Raton- ban spandex"!
...and before you yap something idiotic back, I'm a motorcyclist. I used to be a cyclist, until some dumb broad hit me broadside with her car. It was her fault, as I had right of way. Put an end to my cycling career and my knees.
Is the water 2 feet deep or 20? - is it rocky or sandy? - is there any light at all to see where you are going clambering back out?
People are awfully quick to laugh at this guy's situation (it is easy from the comfort of our keyboards - I did it too).. I don't know how much of an idiot he was for riding off the bridge in the first place, but still... We all have a few moments in life where we are not our best. I would have helped him out, but I am sure all but the biggest butt-heads would have too.
As far as the rules of the road go, one should not check their common sense before entering such a domain. Cars and trucks can hurt bicyclists somewhat more than bicyclists can injure cars and trucks.
Bicyclists who ignore this physical fact do so at their peril.
I operate a 210' ship. There are many, many times I've had the right of way over a 1000', 25 kt. container ships during crossing situations at sea.
I wisely chose to give way as he had the true "Right of Weigh".
My friend lives up near that area in Libby Montana and they were driving through the snow a couple of days ago. The spring runoff is starting. Please think about it.
Or on this thread, all the fun...
I mean, this is just rude, inexcusible behavior. They are counting on people not to get pissed and just smack 'em off the road. There were sidewalks there, they were just being pr**ks.
I....I....I live outside of Durango, CO...the "Mountain Bike Capitol of the World"...If they stayed "in the mountains" I would have no problem...I...I...I can't type what I want to type.
FMCDH!
I used to ride a bicycle everywhere some years ago. Things were different then. You didn't assume that cars would move over for you, and you did everything possible to stay alive.
The current breed of bicyclists are certainly different.
Just the other day, I was heading home up the two-mile, one-lane gravel road that leads to the road where I live. Naturally, two city people were riding their bicycles downhill. I slowed to about 10 mph and stayed as far to the right as I could in my full-size pickup. Apparently, I was supposed to just drive off the side of the mountain to accomodate these bicylists, because the woman rider yelled something at me as she passed.
I once saw a bicyclist stop at a stop sign, but it is indeed a very rare occurance.
In my neck of the woods, coming around a sharp turn and encountering bicyclists riding 2 or 3 abreast is unfortunatly not a rare occurance. I feel safer driving when the weather is poor, because I know there are not likely to be any bicylists riding on the roads.
I don't understand the mentality of today's bicyclists. I prefer staying alive to making sure that anyone driving a motor vehicle "knows and respects my rights." It's just crazy.
I had just checked my E Mail and someone sent me that with some other trivia.
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