Here’s a story from Canada that validates what I have been
saying for years, cyclists often purposefully crash into cars.
The cyclist in this story was stupid enough to do it with an
eyewitness present. After running into a stopped car and screaming racial slurs
at the driver, she then physically struck the eyewitness who tried to calm the
situation. Unfortunately the cyclist was not arrested, though she did spend
some time in handcuffs.
This isn’t a rare occurrence; cyclists often create “accidents”
for any number of reasons. Some do it simply to ruin the life of another human
being, dragging an honest, tax-paying man or woman through the mud costing them
their reputations, not to mention thousands in legal fees. Others want to use
these “accidents” to further the cyclist agenda, to garner more support for the
changes to traffic laws they lobby so hard for. Laws that give them
preferential treatment over people with actual destinations of merit, and who
use motorized vehicles to get there in a proficient and productive manner. And
still others do it just for the attention, which is the main reason most
cyclists ride bikes on the road to begin with.
That is why you always have to give the benefit of the doubt
to a driver who is involved in an “accident” with a cyclist. Is it fair to
those who have been seriously injured by careless cagers? No, but the vast
majority of the time the accident was caused by the cyclist, usually on
purpose. Remember that next time you see some cyclist going down major roads
during rush hour, always do your best to stay away from them (easier said than
done I know) because you never know when one will decide to fake an accident
with you.
you are so "winning"
ReplyDeleteGood example. The cyclist was cited for riding on the sidewalk and should have been riding on the street.
ReplyDeleteAssholes exist everywhere. I am sad to see that the situation in the USA is so extreme and that your perception filter only allows you to see the cases where the cyclists are the assholes.
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