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Biker runs over little girl, doesn't stop!!!

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sowalgayboi said:
I just stay to one side of the path or the other, why do some people feel the need to walk down the exact center?
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I really do try to stay right (one of those important lessons everyone should have learned in kindegarten:D). But oftentimes, it's not just one walker and not just one biker using the path and some way must be given. Everyone should just be patient and give plenty of warning. And, when notice is given that someone is passing, just step further to the right. I might add, that this should also apply to "powerwalkers" who are attempting to pass by the "speed challenged" group.
 
If I had seen this, I would have stopped, talked to the parents to ascertain if the child had actually been hit or was just frightened. If the child was hit or injured, I would offer to call the police on cell, and stay at the scene to tell the officer what I witnessed. In my opinion, the best way to handle from that point is to let the police take over.
 
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Henry said:
How would you bikers feel if folks in cars decided to take matters into their own hands and run you over when you don't get out of their way fast enough?

I can't imagine how much bile must be flowing in your body to think you have the right to run people over because they aren't jumping fast enough when you want to barge through.
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I ride a "race" (:roll:) bike but not on the multi-use path. I was riding my bike on the right side of the white line while in Blue Mountain Beach and some jerk in a Maroon Expedition blew at me. I wasn't even in the road. I "politely" asked him to pull over so we could discuss the FL road laws but he declined. He was the only guy that blew or yelled at me the whole week. You don't happen to drive a Maroon Expedition do you :scratch:

The jerk that hit / grazed / startled the little girl should be yanked off his cruiser bike by his greasy black pony tail and given a serious attitude adjustment :angry:.
 
RO,

Was it a friendly "hi" beep or a "your in the way of my land yacht beep"? Occasionally I will simply tap the horn as a warning that there is a vehicle coming from behind. Especially if the bike rider is wearing an iPod.
 
sowalgayboi said:
RO,

Was it a friendly "hi" beep or a "your in the way of my land yacht beep"? Occasionally I will simply tap the horn as a warning that there is a vehicle coming from behind. Especially if the bike rider is wearing an iPod.
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While I do roll with an ipod, I wasn't in the road. For a good stretch of BMB there is a bike lane between the road the the multi-use path and I assure this jerk was not giving a friendly toot.

I still can't figure out why he didn't want to pull over and discuss the finer points of the FL Road laws :idontno:
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RiverOtter <--- Not pencil thin like most cyclists :biggrin:
 
Yep, honk and run like a coward.

You weren't up by Gulf Place at around 4ish today? I was going to do a "hi" beep, but thought it might be taken longer.

Oh that wasn't you, this guy was "biker thin". :rofl:
 
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