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Old June 22nd 19, 08:30 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
jnugent
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Default It's half my fault but your fault is the greater

On 22/06/2019 12:43, TMS320 wrote:
On 21/06/2019 20:30, JNugent wrote:
On 21/06/2019 09:37, TMS320 wrote:
On 18/06/2019 19:58, JNugent wrote:

If it happens, just *stop*. Forget your ego for a few seconds.

The required action is to avoid. This is done successfully many
thousands of times a day by drivers and cyclists and the moment is
forgotten a few seconds later. There may be times when stopping is a
necessary action.


...and this was one of them.

He didn't even have the excuse of having no brakes.

The fact that the victim didn't look before stepping forward does
not mean that you are entitled to mow her down. But you have made it
clear again and again that that is what you really want to do.

One is always free to think they 'deserve it'. Please don't try to
claim you never do.


Some videos from YouTube and other places, many of them linked from
this very NG, have indeed provided a sense of satisfaction arising out
of seeing "the biter bit".


Large numbers from car drivers.

But I would *never* do less than take every possible step to avoid a
collision, whether with another motor vehicle, a cyclist or a pedestrian.


Intention might be there but sometimes the steps taken can be the wrong
steps. Youtube also reveals many of these.


In order to avoid taking the "wrong steps" it is necessary to take the
steps least likely to lead to a collision. That will always be abn
application of the brakes rather than an application of an air-horn to
try to frighten the victim out of the way. And that cyclist has now
learned that, even if some others refuse to.

Looks like he's going to have to make a claim on his domestic insurance,
so what's the problem?
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