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A Battered Mars Bar

First time I've ever needed to reply! I don't care about the infraction I need to know! Did the mouse actually make it back to his family and have cake or is that just a story the dad was telling!

Star Lord

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Holy f***ing sh*t...

That's one incredibly lucky woman to come off the bike that way... Hope the driver had the book thrown at them!

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A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

First time I've ever needed to reply! I don't care about the infraction I need to know! Did the mouse actually make it back to his family and have cake or is that just a story the dad was telling!

Of course it did!! And the bird of prey got a slice of cake to bring home, too. Anyone who says anything different will be permanently banned from CVPL.

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Star Lord wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Holy f***ing sh*t...

That's one incredibly lucky woman to come off the bike that way... Hope the driver had the book thrown at them!

I was thinking the same!! If that's a pedestrian crossing she should have gotten off the bike and crossed on foot, but that driver didn't even attempt to slow down!! If the cyclist were a cat, she'd have lost 8 of her 9 lives just there.

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Victor wrote: »

https://twitter.com/DannyDutch/status/895531067351998464

When you pay peanuts, you get monkeys, and we all know what's monkeys' stance on bananas...

Paddy Cow

Star Lord wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Holy f***ing sh*t...

That's one incredibly lucky woman to come off the bike that way... Hope the driver had the book thrown at them!

Is it real? It looks like the woman disappears as soon as she hits the car and then a random pedestrian appears out of nowhere?

New Home

I didn't see her disappear, and to me she looks exactly the same, but someone else might disagree.

GBX

Paddy Cow wrote: »

Is it real? It looks like the woman disappears as soon as she hits the car and then a random pedestrian appears out of nowhere?

It looks like she kind of reacts at the last minute and puts her foot down as the bike takes the impact. She definitely didn't disappear

Star Lord

Paddy Cow wrote: »

Is it real? It looks like the woman disappears as soon as she hits the car and then a random pedestrian appears out of nowhere?

If you watch it closely, she put her left foot down right before the car hits the bike, it whips the bike sideways, she bounces off the side of the car and the bike is essentially whipped out from under her.

wally79

Paddy Cow wrote: »

Is it real? It looks like the woman disappears as soon as she hits the car and then a random pedestrian appears out of nowhere?

The random pedestrian is the woman. The bike gets knocked from under her

RobertFoster

Paddy Cow wrote: »

Is it real? It looks like the woman disappears as soon as she hits the car and then a random pedestrian appears out of nowhere?

If you slow the gif down you can see she manages to get her left foot planted before the impact. Her right foot is on the pedal at the 12 o'clock position, which probably makes it easier for the bike to pivot away from her without knocking her over. 10/10 dismount.

Mr Bloat

How do you slow down a gif?

GBX

There are sites that will do it for you ... https://ezgif.com/speed

dulpit

Obviously the car should have stopped for the pedestrian crossing, but I wonder does the fact she was cycling and not walking have an issue when it comes to assigning blame from an insurance POV?

SolvableKnave

dulpit wrote: »

Obviously the car should have stopped for the pedestrian crossing, but I wonder does the fact she was cycling and not walking have an issue when it comes to assigning blame from an insurance POV?

Yes, lets try blame the cyclist.

Paddy Cow

RobertFoster wrote: »

If you slow the gif down you can see she manages to get her left foot planted before the impact. Her right foot is on the pedal at the 12 o'clock position, which probably makes it easier for the bike to pivot away from her without knocking her over. 10/10 dismount.

Thanks a bunch

I watched it loads of times and it was too quick to make sense of it. I thought the "random pedestrian" was a man in a suit who appeared out of nowhere lol. Slowed down it is so much clearer.

inforfun

SolvableKnave wrote: »

Yes, lets try blame the cyclist.

Am not convinced there arent traffic lights.

Stop lines on the road, some kind of pole on the left.
One direction with traffic standing still, she might have taken her chance with crossing while a red light was on.

If that is the case... then yeah, my sympathy for her will be going down quite a bit.

Quazzie

SolvableKnave wrote: »

Yes, lets try blame the cyclist.

Why was she using a pedestrian crossing if she is a cyclist?

GBX

Quazzie wrote: »

Why was she using a pedestrian crossing if she is a cyclist?

To get to the other side of the road ..

You might not like the idea of cyclists using it but normally it is a safer place to cross than trying to do so within traffic. Doesnt say where the image is filmed but it may not be illegal to use the footpath on a bicycle where it is.

seamus

dulpit wrote: »

Obviously the car should have stopped for the pedestrian crossing, but I wonder does the fact she was cycling and not walking have an issue when it comes to assigning blame from an insurance POV?

Depends on the crossing. Many crossings permit both pedestrians and bikes.
If it was Ireland, it would make very little difference from an insurance POV since driver made no attempt to stop. Even if there had been no accident and no bike, a car blasting through a zebra crossing would usually be grounds for a dangerous driving charge. Which would basically make you instantly at fault for insurance costs.

inforfun wrote: »

Am not convinced there arent traffic lights.

It's a zebra crossing, so there are no lights. This is virtually universal worldwide. Light-controlled crossings don't have the stripes, because that would create lots of confusion and death.

inforfun

You should visit my city of birth, zebra crossings with traffic lights all over he place.
https://gyazo.com/43453d89c699c09a3567d5c4bdc3cdd7

I know you said "virtually all over the world" but i think that is no exactly true.

seamus

That's crazy.

inforfun

seamus wrote: »

That's crazy.

What is even crazier is that we actually stop as soon as a pedestrian puts his or her foot on the zebra when there are no lights.

dan1895

Anyone else think the long exposure pic of the firework looks like sperm trying to impregnate an egg?

blackwhite

dulpit wrote: »

Obviously the car should have stopped for the pedestrian crossing, but I wonder does the fact she was cycling and not walking have an issue when it comes to assigning blame from an insurance POV?

Road markings would suggest that there's a cycle lane as well as pedestrian crossing - parallel lines cross the road the far side of the "zebra" markings, but before the stop line for cars.

Capt'n Midnight

New Home wrote: »

Of course it did!! And the bird of prey got a slice of cake to bring home, too. Anyone who says anything different will be permanently banned from CVPL.

story
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31711446

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=104367472&postcount=833

Yep. 'cause that's not disturbing AT ALL!! At this rate we'll have to create a new thread called Funny WTF/Nope CVPL....

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=104373803&postcount=835

...and they say that sports are good for you....

SolvableKnave

MonkieSocks wrote: »

inforfun

Scott Tenorman.