Hit by bike on foot walk :(

Pensivepuca · 12-07-2013 01:58PM #1

Decided to walk to shop to get a few things. I admit I was only just reaching the section where back road meets foot walk, when some prat on a bike runs into the back of me. I thought there was a bell on the bike for a reason? The prick just got up and went on with out asking if I am okay. Any one else get run over by a bike on a foot path? I dont think their allowed on pavements?

FatherLen · 12-07-2013 01:59PM

oh shit!

OP, you can't mention cyclists in AH.

wendell borton · 12-07-2013 02:00PM

Footpad? :-)

SEPT 23 1989 · 12-07-2013 02:01PM

foot walk:eek:

dx22 · 12-07-2013 02:01PM

Cake walk

knucklehead6 · 12-07-2013 02:02PM

bike path surely??

bringupthebook · 12-07-2013 02:03PM

Pensivepuca wrote: »

Decided to walk to shop to get a few things. I admit I was only just reaching the section where back road meets foot walk, when some prat on a bike runs into the back of me. I thought there was a bell on the bike for a reason? The prick just got up and went on with out asking if I am okay. Any one else get run over by a bike on a foot path? I dont think their allowed on pavements?

Same happened me when I was heavily pregnant. It was literally in a small break on the cycle path that ran into the footpath at the back of a bus stop (hope that makes sense). I would imagine both cyclists and pedestraians should use caution here but this cyclist didnt even slow down and shouted abuse at me. He was very close to making contact with me and i think with the speed he was going it would have hurt!!

SEPT 23 1989 · 12-07-2013 02:04PM

a spinning wheel hit you on the foot walk

Pensivepuca · 12-07-2013 02:09PM

This was not a cycle path, just a very small foot path on a quiet back road. I have a curve of the spine so any hit hurts.

Mr Benevolent · 12-07-2013 02:15PM

Ah cyclists, as soon as they get on two wheels the laws don't apply to them.

Apparently.

Personally, I cycle and stop at all red lights and pedestrian crossings. I still can't fathom the **** who apparently have red/green colourblindness and a penchant for cycling on footpaths. Yet the morons still try to justify their illegal actions. Pathetic.

josip · 12-07-2013 02:18PM

Pensivepuca wrote: »

This was not a cycle path, just a very small foot path on a quiet back road. I have a curve of the spine so any hit hurts.

OP, please move this post to "Dashcam saves your ass" in Motors. Then everyone will reply how you were the one at fault and that your curved spin was the reason for the accident.

wil · 12-07-2013 02:26PM

Pensivepuca wrote: »

Decided to walk to shop to get a few things. I admit I was only just reaching the section where back road meets foot walk, when some prat on a bike runs into the back of me. I thought there was a bell on the bike for a reason? The prick just got up and went on with out asking if I am okay. Any one else get run over by a bike on a foot path? I dont think their allowed on pavements?

You seem to be missing a few important details to determine if this is a simple anti-bicycle thread.

Who was at fault in your objective opinion? Was he hurt as you indicate he had to get up?

I had a big loaf of a pedestrian step off the footpath straight in to my path unexpectedly in traffic. He barely noticed, I ended up with grazes, bruises and broken glasses. He laughed it off it and barely apologised. I was too stunned to say much and didnt see my glasses frame broken till afterwards.

I agree that many cyclists act carelessly but the percentage is llittle different to the numbers acting carelessly in cars, trucks, jaywalking etc

Wacker The Attacker · 12-07-2013 02:26PM

This thread clearly illustrates why it should be legal to kill pedestrians and cyclists

rambutman · 12-07-2013 02:30PM

Yeah i know how you feel.............same thing happened me there a few days ago........some guy on his phone walked right off the footpath in front of me cycling and i ended up going into the back of a car to avoid hitting him. Twat just kept talking on his phone, never even stopped to see if i was OK.
Someone said it above - everyone, cyclists, pedestrians and motorists need to exercise more caution

copeyhagen · 12-07-2013 02:32PM

josip wrote: »

OP, please move this post to "Dashcam saves your ass" in Motors. Then everyone will reply how you were the one at fault and that your curved spin was the reason for the accident.

and how the cyclists bike, while still mangled at the scene, was parked incorrectly.

who_me · 12-07-2013 02:34PM

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

This thread clearly illustrates why it should be legal to kill pedestrians and cyclists

And drivers. Don't forget drivers.

Amirani · 12-07-2013 02:36PM

I knew all those foot walks were a bad idea. Nobody know what they're supposed to do on them.

TwoShedsJackson · 12-07-2013 02:36PM

who_me wrote: »

And drivers. Don't forget drivers.

It should be legal to kill whichever two of the three I am not, at any given moment.

12-07-2013 02:37PM

I'd have kicked the bike out from under him.

seamus · 12-07-2013 02:38PM

Google maps pls.

Muckie · 12-07-2013 02:39PM

When i drive i hate cyclists, when i cycle i hate drivers.

When i walk i hate every one!

Once came across a rather large woman who spanned the cycle lane and foot path....she moved so slow that when i went around her, her gravitational pull knocked me off balance, came down hard on the road...:mad:

WIZE · 12-07-2013 02:40PM

Cyclists treat pedestrians the same way motorists treat cyclists

Its like a 3 angeled circle

hatrickpatrick · 12-07-2013 02:42PM

Cycling on the footpath should be an offender punishable by confiscation of your bike.

Before some idiot mentions that cars also sometimes drive on the footpath, the difference should be obvious - cars make a lot of noise, you can hear them coming behind you. Not true of bikes when their asshole owners choose not to use the bell.

PizzamanIRL · 12-07-2013 02:43PM

Ah are you ok, OP?

Amirani · 12-07-2013 02:44PM

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Cycling on the footpath should be an offender punishable by confiscation of your bike.

Before some idiot mentions that cars also sometimes drive on the footpath, the difference should be obvious - cars make a lot of noise, you can hear them coming behind you. Not true of bikes when their asshole owners choose not to use the bell.

What about a 6 year old kid cycling on the footpath?

josip · 12-07-2013 02:51PM

NiallSparky wrote: »

What about a 6 year old kid cycling on the footpath?

There's another AH thread right now proposing banning kids from planes so they definitely should not be allowed to cycle on the footpath. An outright ban on them cycling would be best. No more scraped knees or elbows. It'd be a win win win.

Pensivepuca · 12-07-2013 02:52PM

I am not saying all bike riders are at fault, just that on the footwalk, which is not indicated to be cyle path must be wrong, he never even used his bell which would have avoided this whole thread. I would give google maps but I am on my phone, once home I will link it sure. I was not even wearing headphones etc so I could never have noticed.

rubadub · 12-07-2013 02:53PM

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Cycling on the footpath should be an offender punishable by confiscation of your bike.

What should happend to jaywalkers? No shoes? heavy shoes to slow them, wheelchair bound for a few months?

Mr Benevolent wrote: »

I still can't fathom the **** who apparently have red/green colourblindness and a penchant for cycling on footpaths. Yet the morons still try to justify their illegal actions. Pathetic.

Many "pathetic" "moronic" gardai justify to their superiors and peers why they do not prosecute many crimes like this and jaywalking too, that they witness frequently on a daily basis. Fortunately most gardai are not pedantic arsehole little hitlers. They understand why the laws were really put in place, and what they actually set out to prevent.

Leo Plump Grouch wrote: »

I'd have kicked the bike out from under him.

Old internet tough-guy. Like a poster above I got knocked over by a illegally jaywalking pedestrian a few months ago, him unharmed, me with a pretty bad knee and elbow & slightly damaged bike. Do you think I should have kicked the legs out from under him?

Bells are not required in the republic, the OP was in NI, I think they are still legally required there. I find shouting more effective.

12-07-2013 03:00PM

rubadub wrote: »

Old internet tough-guy. Like a poster above I got knocked over by a illegally jaywalking pedestrian a few months ago, him unharmed, me with a pretty bad knee and elbow & slightly damaged bike. Do you think I should have kicked the legs out from under him?

Bells are not required in the republic, the OP was in NI, I think they are still legally required there. I find shouting more effective.

If the cyclist was cycling on a footpath and hit someone I don't see why he wouldn't deserve to be landed on his arse to be honest. You are doing cyclists no favours by appearing to defend the cyclist here.

Anyone · 12-07-2013 03:05PM

I see you are in Derry OP, are you from India or the Ivory Coast? It may have been a sectarian attack is all.

wil · 12-07-2013 03:11PM

WIZE wrote: »

Cyclists treat pedestrians the same way motorists treat cyclists

Its like a 3 angeled circle

And thats how they will all end up.:cool:

Well except for the ones were very naughty

Hit by bike on foot walk :(

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