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I’m not shocked to see you’re from Iowa. Very stagnant culture out there, cycling isn’t what you corn fed fucks like to do.
Liability insurance covers the other drivers bills if you, (the cyclists) cause an accident. Then you say, 99.999999999% of the time the cyclist gets hammered. So why should the cyclist carry liability insurance?
Maybe drivers should obey the laws of the road and not hit and run, or drive drunk, stoned, drive unregistered vehicles, or without insurance which that driver probably did. People usually hit and run because they're not legal themselves.
Get well Mike, hoping for a speedy recovery.
Hope you catch that scumbag.
On the same note, here's a LINK to a very interesting doco about a cyclist getting run into and killed in Australia on a lonely rural road and the driver not stopping showing it's not just an isolated thing, and how these country cops were able to track down and catch the POS who did it. There is a massive twist to the whole story though. I believe nothing has happened as the POS business is still on the net for all to find.
Perhaps it’s because I’m growing older, perhaps more drivers have the ignorant, selfish, entitled attitude of some of the previous posters, but these days I’m not riding on the road very much at all.
I hurt myself on my MTB pretty regularly but I’m less likely to end up under a truck. And for me MTB’s are much more fun.
If I rode in traffic as much as I used to, I’d invest in one of these:
https://www.pushys.com.au/cycliq-fly6-ce-gen3-rear-facing-hd-bike-camer…
I have read about occasions in Australia where someone basically deliberately hit a cyclist who was equipped with a camera, and still got a very light penalty.
A driver killed a cyclist and received a $500 fine. In a country where touching your mobile phone while driving is a $1000 offence, and “speeding” (without any crash) can exceed $1500!
Get well soon MA800
Pit Row
First off, you realize that a lot of so-called road tax is paid for by property tax right? So unless the cyclist is homeless, either by rent or home ownership they are paying tax in some way to road services.
Second, why should I need to carry vehicle insurance? We cyclists are the smallest vehicle on the road, and we are the cleanest form of wheeled transportation. People actually commute to work on bicycles in the civilized part of the world.
Third, the phone argument is on drivers. A cyclist shouldn’t be on the road because drivers are too self-entitled to not use their phone while driving? OK that’s for sure the cyclist’s problem.
Finally, go hang out at an intersection and watch the behaviour of drivers before you get critical of cyclists.
Your self-indulgent view of how the world works is why we as a society are in such a fucked up place.
Speedy recovery MA800 and hope Fla authorities find, arrest and prosecute to the fullest the perpetrator responsible..
same-rights-same-rules-01In Florida the bicycle is legally defined as a vehicle and the bicyclist is a driver. Bicyclists have the same rights to the roadways, and must obey the same traffic laws as the drivers of other vehicles.
The driver of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or other nonmotorized vehicle must pass the bicycle or other nonmotorized vehicle at a safe distance of not less than 3 feet between the vehicle and the bicycle or other nonmotorized vehicle.
Get well MA800. And go buy some lottery tickets while you are healing up. When people get clipped by cars going 70 mph, 95% of the time it ends differently.
I guess I am fortunate in that I live in CA, and people are more tolerant of cyclists. Also, I refuse to ride on roads where cars can go fast. I ride almost exclusively on lightly traveled windy foothill or mountain roads. My thinking is the road already has cars going slow, and basic driving is so demanding that people can not be on their phones texting or they will drive off the road. I also ride the same roads all the time, so drivers know me. Finally, I go out of the way to be courteous and wave to everyone I can. If I lived in a place like TX or FL, I think I would find a new way to get exercise.
Get well soon Mike
https://taxfoundation.org/states-road-funding-2019/
This reminds me of another rider that was involved in a hit & run - Gaylon Mosier in 1980. He had just won 2 500 nationals that year and was a serious contender for the title,. IIRC the scum that hit him was never caught. RIP.
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