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Cyclist caused an accident and left the scene

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  • May 2, 2018 at 8:58 pm #28468
    wknight

    It was a lovely day on Sunday for the Etape Loch Ness event. 

    Only a few miles in a male rider hit a pothole and took out a lady rider. She was fine as was her bike, however her helmet was smashed and she could not continue. Luckily the helmet meant she walked away but so did the rider who caused the accident. 

    The male ride had severe road rash, his lyrca was completly ripped and he was barely decent. He didn’t stop to check the lady needed any help, after all her head had taken quite a bash, borne out by the damage to the helmet.  He was too hell bent on his time. 

    Come on folks, its a sportive not a race, please think about other  people in the event and

    when you hear the 2 tones of an ambulance, immediately make single file so the ambulance can get through. 

    Sorry rant off now. 

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  • May 4, 2018 at 9:33 am #918641
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    davel
    Canyon48 wrote:
    Just seems silly when someone seems really keen to “race” when I’m commuting home, not to mention really annoying when I’m concentrating on traffic.

    There are bellends who, for some reason or other, don’t want to compete in an actual race, but are intent on treating sportives as races and strava as TT results.

    Apropos of nothing, Leviathan might be along soon to accuse me of ‘projection’ or some other psychobabble that he doesn’t understand.

    May 4, 2018 at 8:05 am #918639
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    Rapha Nadal

    BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

    BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

    I’ll keep saying it but the actions described here are just so typical of sportives and described with great/er regularity.

    Are they?  Not on any I’ve ever ridden.  And how can you say this with conviction given that you claim to have never ridden one?

    May 4, 2018 at 6:51 am #918637
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    IanEdward

    Not typical of any Sportive I

    Not typical of any Sportive I’ve ridden. Mind you, the Etape Loch Ness is relatively flat and short, and closed road, so probably attracts folk more intent on a good time.

     

    May 3, 2018 at 9:38 pm #918635
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    Anonymous

    I’ll keep saying it but the

    I’ll keep saying it but the actions described here are just so typical of sportives and described with great/er regularity.

    May 3, 2018 at 10:40 am #918633
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    peted76
    ClubSmed wrote:
    Yorkshire wallet wrote:
    Bit unfair to say the rider caused the accident when in fact the poor road surface did. His actions afterwards aren’t really defendable though.

    So if a car were to mow down a cyclist because they hit a pothole it is not the motorists fault?

    Anyone who uses the roads needs to be aware of the conditions and react appropriately, that’s just basic road sense!

    ^ THIS ^ always.

    The main reason I’m not mad on doing loads of sportifs this year is that having ridden the tour of cambs for the past couple of years, it’s put me right off. 1st year in the sport category – it was carnage with people with zero roadcraft being dangerous causing crashes, but I had a good ride, just did more shouting and pushing that I’d have liked to have done etc… 2nd year in the race category to get away from so many plebs, and it was worse in a different way, huge peloton of no less than 100 riders virtually the whole way round, pushing, shouting, aggressive, waving their quite insubstatial cocks around, for me it was an accident waiting to happen (and quite a few did happen), I’m happy and confident riding in a group, but in such a large group whilst trying to concentrate and having to deal with so many egos for 80miles, it’s sort of sucked the fun out of the ride, the rest of the day is/was great, but to pay £70/£80, that ride is too much headwork for me. You can pay £15 to enter a crit to ride fast and there’s a lot less chance you’ll get injured!

    May 3, 2018 at 10:05 am #918631
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    hawkinspeter
    Yorkshire wallet wrote:
    Bit unfair to say the rider caused the accident when in fact the poor road surface did. His actions afterwards aren’t really defendable though.

    The poor road surface was a contributing factor, but I’d say that the cyclist did cause the accident and most definitely should have hung around to check that the lady was okay or that other people were attending to her.

    May 3, 2018 at 9:03 am #918629
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    ClubSmed
    Yorkshire wallet wrote:
    Bit unfair to say the rider caused the accident when in fact the poor road surface did. His actions afterwards aren’t really defendable though.

    So if a car were to mow down a cyclist because they hit a pothole it is not the motorists fault?

    Anyone who uses the roads needs to be aware of the conditions and react appropriately, that’s just basic road sense!

    May 3, 2018 at 8:27 am #918627
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    Anonymous

    Bit unfair to say the rider

    Bit unfair to say the rider caused the accident when in fact the poor road surface did. His actions afterwards aren’t really defendable though.

    May 3, 2018 at 7:55 am #918625
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    Canyon48

    Totally agreed, I’ve never

    Totally agreed, I’ve never taken part in a sportive but I’ve ended up riding in quite a few (not intentionally – I ride every weekend and usually ride the Mendips, so when there is a sportive I tend to come across it).

    I find something similar when commuting, some people take it way too seriously as if it is an actual race. I’ve often found I end up with people trying to leapfrog me. Being in my early 20’s and one of the faster guys in my cycle club/team, I don’t exactly struggle to get by most cyclists (though it’s very humbling to be dropped by someone twice my age cycling up Cheddar Gorge – Chapeau!)…

    Just seems silly when someone seems really keen to “race” when I’m commuting home, not to mention really annoying when I’m concentrating on traffic.

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