Thread: Lucky Cyclist

Originally Posted by Snapper

I wouldn't like to be in an accident in China... Not one person ran to the cyclist aid once he was hit.

not just in china,,,
was third car stopped at a set of lights just yesterday,,
a commodore + a prado had a set too ,,
the two cars in front had to literally drive around the commodore to get across the intersection,,
as I drove up the driver in the commodore hadnt moved and didnt look too flash so I jumped out and opened the door to find an old lady pretty well concussed,, I had to yell at the gawkers to ring 000 and a after a bit of TLC for the lady some guy came up telling us to move the cars off the road,,
no interest in anybodies health, just clear the decks,,
the prado owner never surfaced,,

not happy jan.

I think there's another lesson in this - as a cyclist, I've noticed many car drivers behave as if a cycle is a pedestrian. The bus swerved left, when continuing on directly ahead it would have missed the cyclist. The driver swerved in the same direction the cyclist was travelling, because intuitively car drivers think bicycles are almost stationary.