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I was turning left to park at lunch and a bicyclist blew through two stop signs at ~45mph and almost t-boned me. I had wrongly assumed he'd stop at the two stop
by merpnderp 8y ago
I was turning left to park at lunch and a bicyclist blew through two stop signs at ~45mph and almost t-boned me. I had wrongly assumed he'd stop at the two stops signs and I had plenty of time. Luckily he happily pulled into oncoming traffic to swerve around me.
I'm sure in the near future he'll be donating organs to some lucky recipient.
- nrki 8y ago45mph is a heck of an achievement, that's near my top speed down a 10% gradient!
- PascLeRasc 8y agoWhat an arrogant view. What danger were you in, almost getting hit by something with 4% your total mass, surrounded by airbags? Yes, that cyclist really deserves to die for scaring you like that.
- gamegoblin 8y agoI don't believe OP suggested that the cyclist deserves to die, but rather if the cyclist continues that behavior, the cyclist will die in a cycling accident.
- merpnderp 8y agoMaybe you don’t mind being in wrecks where people are significantly injured. But I do mind if some poor misguided soul splatters themselves on the side of my truck. I almost gunned it to get out of his way, but thankfully noticed the pedestrians in front of me.
- Karrot_Kream 8y agoThis is so inaccurate, it's almost laughable. The max speed in sprints during the Tour de France [1] is 43.5mph. Unless you encountered a Tour de France rider, I doubt the cyclist blew through at ~45mph. 1: http://slocyclist.com/whats-the-average-speed-of-tour-de-france-riders-in-mph/ http://slocyclist.com/whats-the-average-speed-of-tour-de-fra...
- gamegoblin 8y agoIf the cyclist had just descended a steep hill, being in the realm of 45mph is not at all unbelievable. I hit 35mph coasting down a very small hill on my commute every day.
- stefan_ 8y agoExcept drag increases quadratically so going 35 -> 45 mph is a much higher increase in energy than the numbers would suggest. No, I'm going to go with "person who never travels under his own power has no concept of human speeds".
- adrianN 8y agoI've hit 70km/h going downhill with some tail wind.
- rorykoehler 8y agoThey would not be blowing stop signs at 45mph unless there was a mechanical issue which stopped them form slowing down. The difference between 35mph and 45mph is huge on a bike.
- merpnderp 8y agoHis bike was electric assisted. No need to be a jerk.