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Bicycling.com takes umbrage with characterizations of being hit by a car while on a bike, as "bicycle accidents". Gotta love language police.
https://www.bicycling.com/news/a35880731/shawn-bradley-paralyzed-hit-by-car-during-bike-ride/
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Bicycling.com takes umbrage with characterizations of being hit by a car while on a bike, as "bicycle accidents". Gotta love language police.
https://www.bicycling.com/news/a35880731/shawn-bradley-paralyzed-hit-by-car-during-bike-ride/
@Horace said in How do you not see this guy?:
Bicycling.com takes umbrage with characterizations of being hit by a car while on a bike, as "bicycle accidents". Gotta love language police.
https://www.bicycling.com/news/a35880731/shawn-bradley-paralyzed-hit-by-car-during-bike-ride/
It seems silly, but that's actually a thing. A co-worker of mine got hit by a car while on his bike. It made the local news the crash was so nasty. The intersection footage was shared on the news story, which we all read. The driver made an illegal turn on a red and slammed right into him.
Shit I heard in the office while my co-worker was still in the hospital:
- He really should have been more careful!
- Well you know how fast he goes on that thing.
- Maybe this was the wake-up call he needed.
I've a lot of stories like that I could share.
It's understandable. When you don't ride, you think roads are only for what you use—cars. This mentality also extends to police who take down incident reports. Sure, some cyclists are self-entitled dicks, but following traffic rules does not guarantee the law or public opinion will be on your side. It actually is a bit of a problem.
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@Horace said in How do you not see this guy?:
Bicycling.com takes umbrage with characterizations of being hit by a car while on a bike, as "bicycle accidents". Gotta love language police.
https://www.bicycling.com/news/a35880731/shawn-bradley-paralyzed-hit-by-car-during-bike-ride/
It seems silly, but that's actually a thing. A co-worker of mine got hit by a car while on his bike. It made the local news the crash was so nasty. The intersection footage was shared on the news story, which we all read. The driver made an illegal turn on a red and slammed right into him.
Shit I heard in the office while my co-worker was still in the hospital:
- He really should have been more careful!
- Well you know how fast he goes on that thing.
- Maybe this was the wake-up call he needed.
I've a lot of stories like that I could share.
It's understandable. When you don't ride, you think roads are only for what you use—cars. This mentality also extends to police who take down incident reports. Sure, some cyclists are self-entitled dicks, but following traffic rules does not guarantee the law or public opinion will be on your side. It actually is a bit of a problem.
@Aqua-Letifer said in How do you not see this guy?:
@Horace said in How do you not see this guy?:
Bicycling.com takes umbrage with characterizations of being hit by a car while on a bike, as "bicycle accidents". Gotta love language police.
https://www.bicycling.com/news/a35880731/shawn-bradley-paralyzed-hit-by-car-during-bike-ride/
It seems silly, but that's actually a thing. A co-worker of mine got hit by a car while on his bike. It made the local news the crash was so nasty. The intersection footage was shared on the news story, which we all read. The driver made an illegal turn on a red and slammed right into him.
Shit I heard in the office while my co-worker was still in the hospital:
- He really should have been more careful!
- Well you know how fast he goes on that thing.
- Maybe this was the wake-up call he needed.
I've a lot of stories like that I could share.
It's understandable. When you don't ride, you think roads are only for what you use—cars. This mentality also extends to police who take down incident reports. Sure, some cyclists are self-entitled dicks, but following traffic rules does not guarantee the law or public opinion will be on your side. It actually is a bit of a problem.
I can understand that, but it seems a futile attempt to control the language at that level of detail. The bicycle.com article cited such offenses as this from NBA.com:
Ex-NBA center Shawn Bradley paralyzed in cycling accident
The 48-year-old Bradley disclosed Wednesday that he was paralyzed two months ago while cycling near his home.
The first sentence after the headline, made it clear he was hit by a car through no fault of his own.
If a car driver gets t-boned by someone who ran a red, it's still fair to say they got into a car accident, as long as that's not all you intend to say about it.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in How do you not see this guy?:
@Horace said in How do you not see this guy?:
Bicycling.com takes umbrage with characterizations of being hit by a car while on a bike, as "bicycle accidents". Gotta love language police.
https://www.bicycling.com/news/a35880731/shawn-bradley-paralyzed-hit-by-car-during-bike-ride/
It seems silly, but that's actually a thing. A co-worker of mine got hit by a car while on his bike. It made the local news the crash was so nasty. The intersection footage was shared on the news story, which we all read. The driver made an illegal turn on a red and slammed right into him.
Shit I heard in the office while my co-worker was still in the hospital:
- He really should have been more careful!
- Well you know how fast he goes on that thing.
- Maybe this was the wake-up call he needed.
I've a lot of stories like that I could share.
It's understandable. When you don't ride, you think roads are only for what you use—cars. This mentality also extends to police who take down incident reports. Sure, some cyclists are self-entitled dicks, but following traffic rules does not guarantee the law or public opinion will be on your side. It actually is a bit of a problem.
I can understand that, but it seems a futile attempt to control the language at that level of detail. The bicycle.com article cited such offenses as this from NBA.com:
Ex-NBA center Shawn Bradley paralyzed in cycling accident
The 48-year-old Bradley disclosed Wednesday that he was paralyzed two months ago while cycling near his home.
The first sentence after the headline, made it clear he was hit by a car through no fault of his own.
If a car driver gets t-boned by someone who ran a red, it's still fair to say they got into a car accident, as long as that's not all you intend to say about it.
@Horace said in How do you not see this guy?:
When a pedestrian is killed by a motorist, nobody calls it a walking accident.
