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A cyclist slammed into an 8 year old kid at my neighborhood (through a stop sign no less!) and the kid had to go to the hospital. So......

renewiltord 5y ago
Right, and see how you remember that? He had to go to the hospital. In the car situation, the kid is dead.
- vangelis 5y ago
- convolvatron 5y ago
  this is a really shite position to take. sure, i'm still threatening you with injury because i'm just too important to slow down or even stop for you, but try messing with the other guy!
  - renewiltord 5y ago
    Haha, I suppose I didn't think it would be interpreted that way. Car-ped collisions are frequent and deadly, cycle-ped injuries are rare and less deadly, but the attention devoted on this board is not in proportion. That's strange to me.
- surfingdino 5y ago
- ajdude 5y ago
  On the other hand, I've almost been seriously injured by cyclists speeding down the sidewalk. Someone a few years ago actually was killed: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2016/03/24/student-hit-bike-ud-dies-months-after-crash/82218964/ https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2016/03/24/s...
  - Steltek 5y ago
    But to continue the comparison, how would it work if it was a car speeding down the sidewalk? And people bike on sidewalks because the roads are unsafe. The roads are unsafe because cars are intrinsically unsafe machines.
  - detaro 5y ago
    Whereas with cars, the last sentence is "someone a few hours/minutes ago actually was killed". Nobody claimed that bicycles never cause bad accidents.
- namelessoracle 5y ago
  Actually no! A kid got hit at the same stop sign with a car. (everybody runs the stop sign in question in our neighborhood, it's fairly deep in the subdivision and no real way for a cop to stalk it without being noticed, and about 90 percent of the subdivision has to go through it to get anywhere) I remember stopping and waiting till his parents came, when i saw a kid crying on the road. He didnt actually have to go to the hospital and went home that night (parents took him to urgent care and he had nothing broken and no concussion). Kid who got hit with the bike had a hospital stay though. I tell my own kids to stay the hell away from that stop sign now.
  - renewiltord 5y ago
    Haha! Well, I'm glad he's well!

renewiltord 5y ago

Right, and see how you remember that? He had to go to the hospital. In the car situation, the kid is dead.

vangelis 5y ago
convolvatron 5y ago
this is a really shite position to take. sure, i'm still threatening you with injury because i'm just too important to slow down or even stop for you, but try messing with the other guy!
- renewiltord 5y ago
  Haha, I suppose I didn't think it would be interpreted that way. Car-ped collisions are frequent and deadly, cycle-ped injuries are rare and less deadly, but the attention devoted on this board is not in proportion. That's strange to me.
surfingdino 5y ago
ajdude 5y ago
On the other hand, I've almost been seriously injured by cyclists speeding down the sidewalk. Someone a few years ago actually was killed: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2016/03/24/student-hit-bike-ud-dies-months-after-crash/82218964/ https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2016/03/24/s...
- Steltek 5y ago
  But to continue the comparison, how would it work if it was a car speeding down the sidewalk? And people bike on sidewalks because the roads are unsafe. The roads are unsafe because cars are intrinsically unsafe machines.
- detaro 5y ago
  Whereas with cars, the last sentence is "someone a few hours/minutes ago actually was killed". Nobody claimed that bicycles never cause bad accidents.
namelessoracle 5y ago
Actually no! A kid got hit at the same stop sign with a car. (everybody runs the stop sign in question in our neighborhood, it's fairly deep in the subdivision and no real way for a cop to stalk it without being noticed, and about 90 percent of the subdivision has to go through it to get anywhere) I remember stopping and waiting till his parents came, when i saw a kid crying on the road. He didnt actually have to go to the hospital and went home that night (parents took him to urgent care and he had nothing broken and no concussion). Kid who got hit with the bike had a hospital stay though. I tell my own kids to stay the hell away from that stop sign now.
- renewiltord 5y ago
  Haha! Well, I'm glad he's well!