I imagine MANY saw this, but just a tragic story. Hopefully he’ll have a happy ending.

I can’t imagine a person of his proportions dealing with paralysis.

Just before he exited a roundabout, a few blocks from his home in St. George, Utah, Bradley says he took note of a Saturn sedan parked on the shoulder of the two-lane street ahead, knowing that he would have to zag left if the driver’s door opened. Hugging the right edge of the right-hand lane, he says he signaled a move farther into the lane as he pedaled up a slight grade, cruising at 12 mph.

In a Dodge minivan just behind him, a young mother was hustling to pick up her child from school. Bradley, who avoids naming the driver, to shield her from public scrutiny, says she bumped him from behind as he drifted left to avoid the Saturn—his Garmin GPS shows that he instantaneously accelerated to 17 mph—which propelled him toward the parked car. The shifter on his right handlebar caught the Saturn’s rear flank and jerked his front wheel sharply to the right, pulling the bike to a sudden stop and sending Bradley’s colossal body skyward.

Bradley tumbled over the trunk and the driver’s side of the Saturn, and he landed headfirst on the asphalt, his helmet cracking under his 300-odd pounds. (Police say the driver continued on but returned to the scene later. Never charged with a crime, she says she gave Bradley enough room when passing him.)

In a Dodge minivan just behind him, a young mother was hustling to pick up her child from school.

need a JORR ruling on who was in the wrong

Of course the idiot motorist was wrong. And Caller Bob- every fucking time he types a word.

This doesn't look like the image of a guy that was right


Keep your bike away from my car or the same thing will happen to it.

I'll put my fucking boot through your goddamn door if you come within your legal three feet of me, you cocksucker.

So this goon, who for whatever reason, assumed the Saturn would fling open their door without looking, just drifted into the path of a van, without looking. Yup, Bikers are the fucking worst. Enjoy paralysis, dumbass, should have bought a Peloton.

Just because you signal, doesn't mean you can fucking lane change. You have to evaluate the lane to make sure it's safe to change lanes at that moment. Those are the rules of the road. You wanna be a car then fucking act like it.

You can't just signal and then assume the red sea will part for you like Moses. The problem is, you bicycle clowns, is that is exactly what you expect...every single vehicle to slam on their breaks, as if you are an emergency vehicle. You think you are above the road/laws.'

You really are a turd, Bob. The typical driver breaks more rules of the road in a single commute than a cyclist does in a year. I see you couldn't help but make another Asian slur. I should have let Furious boot your ass when he wanted to.

The Family Guy is racist now?

The typical driver breaks more rules of the road in a single commute than a cyclist does in a year.

PREPOSTEROUS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRAYUqT_A8k

Not if you count the times MANY cyclists blow stop signs and red lights. A legal road vehicle needs to wait for the light to turn green before proceeding through an intersection regardless of traffic flow.

Nope. That's called an Idaho stop and is perfectly legal in many municipalities.

Bicyclists who roll through a stop sign without coming to a complete stop — known as an "Idaho stop" because that's legal in Idaho — are breaking Illinois law. That may surprise many Chicagoans because the Idaho stop is so common here.

Only 1 in 25 Chicago cyclists actually make a complete stop at stop signs when there's no cross traffic, according to a study by DePaul University's Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development. Some 2 of 3 breeze through red lights under the same conditions.

But not here.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ ... story.html