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anon (01/27/2015) [-]
Thats why you don't cross the road, riding your bike, at a crosswalk. Drivers do not expect something to come at as fast as a cyclist.
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tinciatone ONLINE (01/27/2015) [-] exacly she deserves that in my country you can only ride bike on crosswalk if its regulated, with thous lights (red green orange) you know.
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aerialcharles (01/27/2015) [-] You can bike across the crosswalks in my country, especially on college campuses. Do you know why? Because bikers ******* look both directions before crossing so we don't need lights. It's not hard.
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alleksi ONLINE (01/28/2015) [-] Wait what? "not if one car has stopped on the other side of the road". Tell me any situation where a car would have to stop at a zebra crossing, other than to give a pedestrian way? If there is a car stopped at a zebra crossing then of course there's going to be a pedestrian there somewhere (unless you're at red lights on an intersection, of course)
The point of the law is that when you're coming from the other lane and you see a car stopped at the lane next/opposite of you, you have to stop because:
1) The pedestrians think that they can cross safely because one car stopped for them
2) You don't see what the stationed driver sees. Maybe he sees a pedestrian, but you don't because there is something obstructing your view. Maybe he is paying more attention.
In that gif, the driver saw that there was a stationary vehicle at a zebra crossing and he should have stopped as well, or at the very least slow down if stopping your vehicle is such a terribly obnoxious thing to do.
The point of the law is that when you're coming from the other lane and you see a car stopped at the lane next/opposite of you, you have to stop because:
1) The pedestrians think that they can cross safely because one car stopped for them
2) You don't see what the stationed driver sees. Maybe he sees a pedestrian, but you don't because there is something obstructing your view. Maybe he is paying more attention.
In that gif, the driver saw that there was a stationary vehicle at a zebra crossing and he should have stopped as well, or at the very least slow down if stopping your vehicle is such a terribly obnoxious thing to do.
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alleksi ONLINE (01/28/2015) [-] Yes the rule is to watch out for pedestrians, but another rule in addition to that is to also give way for pedestrians if another vehicle is already doing so (aka, stop when another vehicle has also stopped regardless of whether you see any pedestrians or not.)
An extreme example: Lets say there's a granny about to cross the street, she's going reaal slow. A car on the opposite lane stops to give her way. Now, technically speaking you would have all the time in the world to just keep on driving since it takes like 10 seconds for the granny to even get past the first car, but the law says that you must also stop and wait for the granny to cross. One reasoning for this is that because you decided to just keep on going, the cars behind you also think that it's fine for them to keep on going. Drivers like to tailgate other drivers, makes it easier, just do whatever the car in front of you is doing and you'll be fine. So now because you didn't stop for the granny, she is stuck at the middle of the crossing with cars flashing by which is obviously dangerous.
An extreme example: Lets say there's a granny about to cross the street, she's going reaal slow. A car on the opposite lane stops to give her way. Now, technically speaking you would have all the time in the world to just keep on driving since it takes like 10 seconds for the granny to even get past the first car, but the law says that you must also stop and wait for the granny to cross. One reasoning for this is that because you decided to just keep on going, the cars behind you also think that it's fine for them to keep on going. Drivers like to tailgate other drivers, makes it easier, just do whatever the car in front of you is doing and you'll be fine. So now because you didn't stop for the granny, she is stuck at the middle of the crossing with cars flashing by which is obviously dangerous.
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wizadry (01/28/2015) [-] you kidding? pretty sure the driver here saw her but thought he could make it, i mean take a look at the yellow car, stopped. that means that someone just crossed or is finishing crossing or is about to, and if someone is just finishing crossing the driver should have still been stationary anyway. not only that the car who hit the bike tries to swerve out of the way meaning he did see her but it looks like he's tried to accelerate ahead before she makes it and only after he realised he can't he's put on the brakes. not only that the bikes not even going that fast. how the hell do you not notice the bike when the other lane is clearly ******* stopped for her meaning there isn't a ******* car on the other lane blocking his view or some **** . this guys just a bad ******* driver who shouldn't be driving since he obviously can't pay attention to the damn road yea she could have dismounted her bike but this cunt clearly shouldn't be on the ****** road.
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anon (01/28/2015) [-]
The yellow car stopped because the white car in front of it has stopped, the cross walk is in between these two cars. There is no indication someone is actually crossing and the view on that side of the crosswalk is obstructed by the white car.
So once more, dumb cyclist is dumb.
So once more, dumb cyclist is dumb.
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GeneralLeeInsane (01/28/2015) [-] That's no excuse for NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
I once did not expect a rock to come rolling down a mountainside, and into the roadway in front of me, but when I saw that little sapling tree 200 feet up the mountain tremble a little, my instinct told me something was on its way down. I started braking then, watching more saplings tremble nearer and nearer to the road. When it reached the bottom of the road, I was braking relatively substantially at that point, as a small deer leapt the little concrete barrier, into the road in front of me. The little deer runs into my lane of the road, and I'm braking pretty damn hard at this point, attempting to shut down the little pickup loaded with 600 lbs 270kg of weight from 50 mph 80 kmh . Luckily, the little deer started moving away from me at the last second, I missed the fawn by maybe a foot, IF that.
TL;DR: Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. All the stopped cars in the oncoming lane should have been your first clue. Letting your expectations only accommodate yourself is what gets others killed.
I once did not expect a rock to come rolling down a mountainside, and into the roadway in front of me, but when I saw that little sapling tree 200 feet up the mountain tremble a little, my instinct told me something was on its way down. I started braking then, watching more saplings tremble nearer and nearer to the road. When it reached the bottom of the road, I was braking relatively substantially at that point, as a small deer leapt the little concrete barrier, into the road in front of me. The little deer runs into my lane of the road, and I'm braking pretty damn hard at this point, attempting to shut down the little pickup loaded with 600 lbs 270kg of weight from 50 mph 80 kmh . Luckily, the little deer started moving away from me at the last second, I missed the fawn by maybe a foot, IF that.
TL;DR: Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. All the stopped cars in the oncoming lane should have been your first clue. Letting your expectations only accommodate yourself is what gets others killed.
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wingates (01/28/2015) [-] Then why the hell isn't she paying attention? in my country it's illegal to cross the road riding your bike, and same goes for talking on the phone while passing a crosswalk. Because people have to PAY ATTENTION to what the **** they are doing and not only blame the drivers? Of course some drivers don't pay as much attention or are in a hurry, but believe me, pedestrians are worse, especially old people, they tend to cross a 6 lane road which has even a fence just because it's closer to their favorite pharmacy even thou the crosswalk is like barely 100 meters away. And **** like this happens a lot! Everyone has to pay attention on the road or near the road, wear those light refracting bands at night and respect one another.
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anon (01/28/2015) [-]
Are you even paying attention?
Look through the window of the yellow car, there is another white car in front of that. Cars didn't stop to let people cross, and the view on the crosswalk was being obstructed.
The driver did not see the person on the bike approach at all until she suddenly rushed out in front.
To add to that it looks like a southern European country. Traffic rules are a little different, making is extra stupid to cross the street from a blind spot at such a speed.
Look through the window of the yellow car, there is another white car in front of that. Cars didn't stop to let people cross, and the view on the crosswalk was being obstructed.
The driver did not see the person on the bike approach at all until she suddenly rushed out in front.
To add to that it looks like a southern European country. Traffic rules are a little different, making is extra stupid to cross the street from a blind spot at such a speed.
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dashgamer (01/27/2015) [-] I guess they don't teach the concept of looking both ways when crossing wherever this lady's from.
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fjgohomeyouredrunk (01/27/2015) [-] I guess it's not an international law to stop before a crosswalk if someone is using it?
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fjgohomeyouredrunk (01/27/2015) [-] yet the driver doesnt have to "screech to a halt" unless he's driving way over the speed limits and is not paying attention to what is happening ahead. At least two cars had already stopped there so I don't think the cyclist was "charging headlong" anywhere.
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lastweek (01/28/2015) [-] 1. the driver was ******* stupid not to notice the biker
2. the bitch was stupid not to notice the car
3. Whoever is wrong depends on what country you're in regardless, they're both failures , laws differ, which the guy above you doesn't seem to understand, personally I prefer the law we have where I live, which say that cyclists have to give way, if they don't get to cross all they have to do is get of their ******* bikes.
2. the bitch was stupid not to notice the car
3. Whoever is wrong depends on what country you're in regardless, they're both failures , laws differ, which the guy above you doesn't seem to understand, personally I prefer the law we have where I live, which say that cyclists have to give way, if they don't get to cross all they have to do is get of their ******* bikes.
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anon (01/28/2015) [-]
you're one of the worst commenters on this site, you never make a funny comment, and this idiotic comment is just annoying, the cars on this side of the road at all stationary, so she's clearly waited for them to stop before riding out, and the driver on the other side would of had plenty of time to see her stop and the other cars waiting, she assumed he would stop because she had the right of passage, it looks like the driver didnt even try breaking even when he seen her and just tried going infront of her, then only slowed down because he hit the sidewalk
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aerialcharles (01/27/2015) [-] You'll have to excuse the Europeans they need to be nannied when doing everything, like having lights at a crosswalk so they don't have to be bothered to actually look.
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outdoorpsilos (01/28/2015) [-] I dont want to defend the car driver but where i live its not allowed to cross a crosswalk on a bike, you have to push the bike, for this reason, because at some locations, with really fast cyclists the car driver just cannot see them. But never the less he should have been much more careful.
A bike and car driver
A bike and car driver
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anon (01/28/2015) [-]
The problem here is that the car was going too fast to stop, its nothing to do with looking both ways for the bicyclist or the motorist.
With heavy enough traffic and it does look like there's a white car sitting in the right place to obscure both of their views by the time she would see him he would already be too close and going too fast to stop and likewise for him by the time he sees her shes already in his path.
With heavy enough traffic and it does look like there's a white car sitting in the right place to obscure both of their views by the time she would see him he would already be too close and going too fast to stop and likewise for him by the time he sees her shes already in his path.
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ericarthurblair ONLINE (01/27/2015) [-] well where i come from the crosswalk is intended for pedestrians, therefore cyclists have to get of of their bike or else cars don't have to stop for them, so your right with your guess that that is not an international law
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anon (01/28/2015) [-]
And where I come from: a Zebra Crossing (so called because of the alternating black and white stripes), pedestrians and cyclists have right of way over traffic, and the cars have to stop to allow people to cross. If you're driving to fast to stop safely when someone is using the crossing, you're driving too fast and being a danger to other road users.
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anonibusii (01/28/2015) [-] Everyone who's complaining about the bicyclist using the crosswalk, there's these two lines on the right, you see those? BICYCLISTS USE THOSE TO CROSS THE ROAD, AT LEAST WHERE I'M FROM. WHICH MEANS THAT IT'S BASICALLY A CROSSWALK FOR BICYCLISTS /endrant
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somekornchick (01/28/2015) [-] i was so confused for a while. i thought a lady rode her bike and got hit, morphed through the car or something, and a man was standing there just watching it. dont i feel dumb!
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yunoknow (01/28/2015) [-] taiwan mentioned, swells with bloodlust for the four-way eternal war between buses, cars, scooters, and bicycles.
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byobgraffpro (01/28/2015) [-] ohhh it took me way too long to realize the person standing behind the car was the cyclist. nice spin move
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dir (01/28/2015) [-] Are people not scared of dying. I ride my bike all the time and i'm cautious as **** because I don't want to get hit. Then I read how people on bike just go through red light, stop signs, etc.
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anon (01/28/2015) [-]
bicycles shouldn't be in a crosswalk, they follow the same traffic laws as cars.
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carbohydrates (01/28/2015) [-] Riding on bike --> Bike whacked by car --> Standing in street.
She put her feet down to stop the bike, when the car hit the bike it pivoted out from under her, without knocking her over.
She put her feet down to stop the bike, when the car hit the bike it pivoted out from under her, without knocking her over.
