BIke crash in Isreal.

Mitch Connor

http://www.reuters.com/news/video/videoStory?videoId=51638

I don't understand how people could be so cruel.

seamus

*boggle*

Was he muslim by any chance?

I find it incredible that people actually stopped, and then drove around him.

I didn't hear the audio as I'm in work

Steffano2002

Well I'm never going to Israel on a bike!!! Shocking!!!

Chunkylover

Saw that on a blog this morning

I remember when I was kid, I was getting a lift into school, we spotted something on the side of the road, didnt know what it was but kept on going, turned out there had been a hit and run there about 4 hours earlier.
Im not sure if it was in that article but the 1 I read said that the Isrealies (sp) normally have no problem getting out to help, Im sure there may have been one or 2 that wasnt sure what it was and just went on

Steffano2002

Chunkylover wrote:

[...] Im sure there may have been one or 2 that wasnt sure what it was and just went on

I'm sorry but it's easy to spot a human being in the middle of the road! There's no excuse for these people...

Some of the vehicles driving past him were going at a snails pace so they must have seen him. I had a small incident on the ballymount off-ramp on the m50 before and not a damn soul stopped to ask me if I was ok, apart from the guy that did it. I only got shunted from the back and didn't fall off the bike but my muscles were pulled out of whack and I had to sit on the side of the road for a few minutes.

drdre

wow thats really bad, if that was in ireland i think most people would have stopped and helped.

I'd like to think so but there is less of a chance at 5pm when they are trying to get home after taking an hour to do 8 miles on the m50. It can demoralise and dehumanise the best of us.

Mitch Connor

baz8080 wrote:

Some of the vehicles driving past him were going at a snails pace so they must have seen him. I had a small incident on the ballymount off-ramp on the m50 before and not a damn soul stopped to ask me if I was ok, apart from the guy that did it. I only got shunted from the back and didn't fall off the bike but my muscles were pulled out of whack and I had to sit on the side of the road for a few minutes.

in fairness, if i saw you weren't dead, and that there was already a person with you, i'd have driven on too. Not like i can offer any medical advice.

I would stop if i saw someone in danger, or on their own, but if they appear to be ok and have someone with them, what is the point in me stopping?

Fact is I was in shock and when somebody knocks you over or hits you you are hardly going to feel comfortable with the person who did it. Anyway after about 10 minutes he said sorry and drove off and I was there for another while.

Why would you stop for me if i was dead and not if I was alive? The mind boggles. You talk about "if i saw someone in danger, or on their own, but if they appear to be ok and have someone with them" and you make this judgment call in a couple of seconds as you drive by?

robinph

Steffano2002 wrote:

I'm sorry but it's easy to spot a human being in the middle of the road! There's no excuse for these people...

Especially the people right behind when it happend so must have seen what it was and still didn't stop. :eek:

Silverfish

Tauren wrote:

in fairness, if i saw you weren't dead, and that there was already a person with you, i'd have driven on too. Not like i can offer any medical advice.

I would stop if i saw someone in danger, or on their own, but if they appear to be ok and have someone with them, what is the point in me stopping?

If they don't have a mobile, or the person with them doesn't have one.... stranger things have happened, so I would definitely stop.

Just in case.

marco_polo

drdre wrote:

wow thats really bad, if that was in ireland i think most people would have stopped and helped.

Not sure about that any more tbh I would like to think you are right about the majority, but I remember a person had a heart attack a few months ago on the dart and was assisted off the train, left him on the platform and then the persons got back on the train and went to work.

Steffano2002

robinph wrote:

Especially the people right behind when it happend so must have seen what it was and still didn't stop. :eek:

Very good point! Fully agree with you. Terrible behaviour...

It's illegal in France to behave that way...