The video looked to be edited in some way. In order for that bike to have hit him it would have been going way way over the speed limit. If a few seconds of footage were removed then it would have made more sense. His feild of vision (and ours) was probably 1000 yards or more. 60 miles an hour is 88 feet/sec. Even with a couple seconds of reaction time the bike would have been less than a few hundred feet from the car when he missed seeing it and that would make the idiot behind the wheel a menace to the road. Putting back in the couple seconds of footage that were probably clipped and both riders we not paying attention. The guy in the car is still at fault but the guy in the bike was creamed.
The second shot where you can actually see the bike would still give both the driver and the biker a lot of time. If I were in a car with a 1000 yards of warning I would have slowed down if some idiot pulled out into traffic against my right of way. Everyone needs to drive defensively, ep in Boston.
A better video would have shown people changing lanes without looking; while talking on the phone and eating a big mac. I regularly have someone riding in my blindspot. You would think that anyone, whether they be in a bike or a car, would think about if they are visible in the mirrors of the car beside them. I don't ride for this reason. Yes I would have the law on my side but not inertia. You have to assume that people will have accidents that they caused due to being an idiot.
I regularly see mothers jamming their baby carriages into oncoming traffic in Harvard Sq. to stop the cars. Who would be repsonsible for the kid when it gets run over one of these days. Pedestrians only have the right of way in crosswalks (and then only if they are crossing with the light) I keep slow while going to H.S. for just this reason, many people do not.
My big beef with bikes is the assholes that split lanes, never use turn signals, and ride up the double yellow line. If you are on a bike then you need to follow the rules of the road. If I'm stopped at a light in the right hand lane and I'm starting to make a legal right hand turn there is no exuse for a biker to try and pass me on the right. It has happend to me and frankly if I took him out I wouldn't have felt remorse over it.
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The second shot where you can actually see the bike would still give both the driver and the biker a lot of time. If I were in a car with a 1000 yards of warning I would have slowed down if some idiot pulled out into traffic against my right of way. Everyone needs to drive defensively, ep in Boston.
A better video would have shown people changing lanes without looking; while talking on the phone and eating a big mac. I regularly have someone riding in my blindspot. You would think that anyone, whether they be in a bike or a car, would think about if they are visible in the mirrors of the car beside them. I don't ride for this reason. Yes I would have the law on my side but not inertia. You have to assume that people will have accidents that they caused due to being an idiot.
I regularly see mothers jamming their baby carriages into oncoming traffic in Harvard Sq. to stop the cars. Who would be repsonsible for the kid when it gets run over one of these days. Pedestrians only have the right of way in crosswalks (and then only if they are crossing with the light) I keep slow while going to H.S. for just this reason, many people do not.
My big beef with bikes is the assholes that split lanes, never use turn signals, and ride up the double yellow line. If you are on a bike then you need to follow the rules of the road. If I'm stopped at a light in the right hand lane and I'm starting to make a legal right hand turn there is no exuse for a biker to try and pass me on the right. It has happend to me and frankly if I took him out I wouldn't have felt remorse over it.