Bicyclist knocks pedestrian unconscious, flees scene

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There were 15 fatal hit and runs involving cars in DC last year alone:

https://www.jgllaw.com/articles/pedestrians-twice-as-likely-to-be-killed-on-streets-in-the-dc-area/

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Weird how I didn't see 15 posts here last year talking about how irresponsible and dangerous car drivers are...

It's a question of scale. Nearly everyone drives and the vast majority of drivers are fairly safe and not looking to cause accidents. Whereas among cyclists in DC, it really seems that more than 50 percent of them are entitled, reckless, and selfish jerks. People hate cyclists in DC because of their lived experience with them. They are by and large not good people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why don't we require cyclists to have license plates like everyone else? The police ask for your help identifying this person.

https://mpdc.dc.gov/release/mpd-seeks-suspect-northwest-hit-and-run

So you want a 5 year old on a barbie bike to have a license plate? And all of the scooters? How about pedestrians just wear shirts with ID numbers on them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There were 15 fatal hit and runs involving cars in DC last year alone:

https://www.jgllaw.com/articles/pedestrians-twice-as-likely-to-be-killed-on-streets-in-the-dc-area/

Of note:


Weird how I didn't see 15 posts here last year talking about how irresponsible and dangerous car drivers are...

It's a question of scale. Nearly everyone drives and the vast majority of drivers are fairly safe and not looking to cause accidents. Whereas among cyclists in DC, it really seems that more than 50 percent of them are entitled, reckless, and selfish jerks. People hate cyclists in DC because of their lived experience with them. They are by and large not good people.

What are people’s impression of all the ATV riders who ride their ATVs on D.C.’s streets ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There were 15 fatal hit and runs involving cars in DC last year alone:

https://www.jgllaw.com/articles/pedestrians-twice-as-likely-to-be-killed-on-streets-in-the-dc-area/

Of note:


Weird how I didn't see 15 posts here last year talking about how irresponsible and dangerous car drivers are...

It's a question of scale. Nearly everyone drives and the vast majority of drivers are fairly safe and not looking to cause accidents. Whereas among cyclists in DC, it really seems that more than 50 percent of them are entitled, reckless, and selfish jerks. People hate cyclists in DC because of their lived experience with them. They are by and large not good people.

1) not nearly everyone drives
2) driving is a privilege not a right
3) cars are far more dangerous to pedestrians and cyclists than vice versa.
4) there are plenty of drivers who are selfish jerks who hit and run, scrape and run, block crosswalks, block the box, cut people off and so on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There were 15 fatal hit and runs involving cars in DC last year alone:

https://www.jgllaw.com/articles/pedestrians-twice-as-likely-to-be-killed-on-streets-in-the-dc-area/

Of note:


Weird how I didn't see 15 posts here last year talking about how irresponsible and dangerous car drivers are...

This thread is about something else. No one is stopping you from starting a thread about how dangerous cars are. In the meantime, this poor person was left severely injured by a guy on his bicycle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There were 15 fatal hit and runs involving cars in DC last year alone:

https://www.jgllaw.com/articles/pedestrians-twice-as-likely-to-be-killed-on-streets-in-the-dc-area/

Of note:


Weird how I didn't see 15 posts here last year talking about how irresponsible and dangerous car drivers are...

It's a question of scale. Nearly everyone drives and the vast majority of drivers are fairly safe and not looking to cause accidents. Whereas among cyclists in DC, it really seems that more than 50 percent of them are entitled, reckless, and selfish jerks. People hate cyclists in DC because of their lived experience with them. They are by and large not good people.

What are people’s impression of all the ATV riders who ride their ATVs on D.C.’s streets ?

you mean, like the ones riding around the memorials at night ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There were 15 fatal hit and runs involving cars in DC last year alone:

https://www.jgllaw.com/articles/pedestrians-twice-as-likely-to-be-killed-on-streets-in-the-dc-area/

Of note:


Weird how I didn't see 15 posts here last year talking about how irresponsible and dangerous car drivers are...

It's a question of scale. Nearly everyone drives and the vast majority of drivers are fairly safe and not looking to cause accidents. Whereas among cyclists in DC, it really seems that more than 50 percent of them are entitled, reckless, and selfish jerks. People hate cyclists in DC because of their lived experience with them. They are by and large not good people.

Exactly. There is a reason so many of us are fed up with them. It's because of the exepriences we had.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There were 15 fatal hit and runs involving cars in DC last year alone:

https://www.jgllaw.com/articles/pedestrians-twice-as-likely-to-be-killed-on-streets-in-the-dc-area/

Of note:


Weird how I didn't see 15 posts here last year talking about how irresponsible and dangerous car drivers are...

It's a question of scale. Nearly everyone drives and the vast majority of drivers are fairly safe and not looking to cause accidents. Whereas among cyclists in DC, it really seems that more than 50 percent of them are entitled, reckless, and selfish jerks. People hate cyclists in DC because of their lived experience with them. They are by and large not good people.

1) not nearly everyone drives
2) driving is a privilege not a right
3) cars are far more dangerous to pedestrians and cyclists than vice versa.
4) there are plenty of drivers who are selfish jerks who hit and run, scrape and run, block crosswalks, block the box, cut people off and so on.

So start a thread about that. This is not it.

Drivers being jerks DOES NOT give permission to bikers to be jerks to pedestrians.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why don't we require cyclists to have license plates like everyone else? The police ask for your help identifying this person.

https://mpdc.dc.gov/release/mpd-seeks-suspect-northwest-hit-and-run

So you want a 5 year old on a barbie bike to have a license plate? And all of the scooters? How about pedestrians just wear shirts with ID numbers on them?

This guy thinks bicyclists should be allowed to be totally anonymous even if they maim or kill a pedestrian.

[Anonymous]

It would be great if the cyclists could stay off the sidewalks. You have 100+ miles of bike lanes. You have the roads. If that's not good enough, then you can walk like everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There were 15 fatal hit and runs involving cars in DC last year alone:

https://www.jgllaw.com/articles/pedestrians-twice-as-likely-to-be-killed-on-streets-in-the-dc-area/

Of note:


Weird how I didn't see 15 posts here last year talking about how irresponsible and dangerous car drivers are...

It's almost like certain people on here harbor a very unhealthy hatred of cyclists and enjoy propagating malicious stereotypes about them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cyclists have to stop at red lights. Period. End of story.

I saw a cyclist almost hit a woman on Wisconsin Avenue in Chevy Chase yesterday. She had the walk signal and was in the crosswalk. Biker was clearly only looking for cars, never slowed down and almost ran her over.

There's a culture of lawlessness among bicyclists that the city needs to get a handle on. They don't respect any traffic laws. If they run you over, they will just speed away and you will never know their names.

The problem doesn’t just exist in the city. There are large groups of cyclists in Ashburn who ride in large groups who ride abreast and block traffic. They ignore stop signs and red lights. They often ride around during the evening rush. I don’t understand them at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cyclists have to stop at red lights. Period. End of story.

I saw a cyclist almost hit a woman on Wisconsin Avenue in Chevy Chase yesterday. She had the walk signal and was in the crosswalk. Biker was clearly only looking for cars, never slowed down and almost ran her over.

They don't stop for anything.

Bike lane design needs to force them to stop.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I do not bike, but my husband and son do. They are very careful.

To be honest, there are more deaths when cyclists use the road than when they use the sidewalk, because cars are too heavy and car injuries on cyclists are often fatal. Sidewalk injuries are very rarely fatal.

But I agree that there should be an identification system on bikes, so that cyclists can be identified and charged when they cause accidents or break the rules of the road.

A cyclist almost ran over my child on a sidewalk. Didn't even stop.

PP you replied to. The same thing happened to my preschool-aged daughter years ago on the Capital Crescent Trail. I was so mad! But that does not change the fact that when cyclists share the road with motor vehicles, there are a lot more deaths in general than when cyclists share the sidewalk with pedestrians. Personally, I prefer that cyclists go on the sidewalk. I have had near misses when driving at night, with cyclists in my lane who didn't use lights on their bikes and didn't wear reflective gear. There have been cyclist deaths where the Crescent Trail meets Little Falls Parkway, and multiple cyclist deaths on Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda, where I live.

No one NEEDS to be on a bike in DC. They choose to be on one and inconvenience pedestrians.

And this is why *more* bike lanes are needed, not less. With some streets that have bike lanes stop abruptly or turn to streets with no bike lanes, the cyclists have the choice either to then ride between cars or on the sidewalk and each has its risks and limitations.

They also have a choice to stop at a very clearly marked cross walk for pedestrians to cross the street, since that is what the law is, but they don’t. Because they know there are no consequences if they don’t. I completely agree that we should require some kind of registration for bicycles especially if they are motorized.

This 100%. I see this all the time where I live. The cyclists don’t stop at stop signs or red lights. They also ride too fast on paths crowded with pedestrians.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why don't we require cyclists to have license plates like everyone else? The police ask for your help identifying this person.

https://mpdc.dc.gov/release/mpd-seeks-suspect-northwest-hit-and-run

Do you mean the dirt-bikes and ATVs downtown?