Bicyclist knocks pedestrian unconscious, flees scene

[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

Oooh, the suspect is keeping their head down so to not be identified by CCTV. Someone knows them though. Hope they get caught.

[Anonymous]

Imagine if every vehicular hit-and-run prompted similar threads with random posters engaging in nonsensical stereotyping of drivers and discussing driver behavior that has absolutely nothing to do with this particular incident. Wouldn't that be silly?

[Anonymous]

I wonder the same thing about scooters.

In Georgetown, a scooter drove on the already-narrow street between our car and a parked car and fell over. Thankfully, he was okay. At first, I thought he was going to pretend like we hit him. Grateful he did not do that.

They should have license plates. His driving was quite unsafe, and nobody wants to hit a human even if they are an erratic scooter driver!

[Anonymous]

One person.

You are wailing on and on for 6 pages about ONE (1) person, op.

Over 600,000 people live in DC; you know that right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder the same thing about scooters.

In Georgetown, a scooter drove on the already-narrow street between our car and a parked car and fell over. Thankfully, he was okay. At first, I thought he was going to pretend like we hit him. Grateful he did not do that.

They should have license plates. His driving was quite unsafe, and nobody wants to hit a human even if they are an erratic scooter driver!

I bike a lot. The scooters and e-bikes rentals are pretty scary. Those things can go pretty fast, weigh a lot and people are just not experienced. They do not realize how fast they are going and have trouble stopping. I am really surprised there have not been a lot more accidents.

[Anonymous]

I'm just picturing police ticketing little Susie with her training wheels on for not having a license. You all are a joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder the same thing about scooters.

In Georgetown, a scooter drove on the already-narrow street between our car and a parked car and fell over. Thankfully, he was okay. At first, I thought he was going to pretend like we hit him. Grateful he did not do that.

They should have license plates. His driving was quite unsafe, and nobody wants to hit a human even if they are an erratic scooter driver!

I bike a lot. The scooters and e-bikes rentals are pretty scary. Those things can go pretty fast, weigh a lot and people are just not experienced. They do not realize how fast they are going and have trouble stopping. I am really surprised there have not been a lot more accidents.

On the rentals, couldn't police find out who was on a rental in that area based on gps and the user info?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I stopped crossing at 15th and F, NW from East to West becasue bikes would race down that hill through the red light and you couldn't see them through the cars stopped at the red light until it was too late. One morning one rider screamed at us as we jumped out of his way, despite the fact that he was 1. going through a red light and 2. painted on the bike lane it explictly says stop for pedestrians.

Same situation two blocks up at 15th/NY and then over at H/Madison/VT. I know that when I'm walking west to east on H, I can safely cross Madison until the walk sign says 25 seconds left because in those final 25 seconds that intersection has a walk sign saying it's okay for pedestrians to cross Madison simultaneously with a walk sign saying it's okay to cross H (which admittedly is confusing) but there's a sign that says that bikes need to yield to pedestrians -- no matter what. They rarely yield. That could be because they think that pedestrians crossing over Madison while on H are jaywalking since the bikers see the walk sign saying it's okay to cross H, the direction they're going. Maybe they want to teach the pedestrians a lesson about the dangers of "jaywalking" (or they're just rude)? Whatever the reason, I'm super happy that the construction of the Big Beautiful Ballroom has essentially blocked bikers from using Madison for the next two years.

[Anonymous]

The police have not concluded that this crime is too small to investigate. They are asking for the public’s help to identify this suspect. OP shared their plea. Vehicular fatalities are not germane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In 2023, there were 7,314 pedestrian deaths and 1,155 bicyclist deaths in motor vehicle crashes in the US.

There were too few cyclist vs pedestrian fatalities for the databases to even have a category.

CARS ARE THE PROBLEM. Bikes are an annoyance at worst.

It's the culture. We just need a culture like this:


and not like this:

[Anonymous]

Color of skin? Usual suspect? I could be mistaken though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There were many reports a few years ago of a middle aged white male cyclist with a massive anger problem. Screaming and threatening people, especially around the Hill and Mall, and on the multipurpose trails in RCP. I think he eventually crossed a line and was arrested. Is this ringing a bell for anyone?

A middle aged white male with a massive anger problem? I think you're describing most cyclists in this city.

+1

[Anonymous]

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.

I’m pretty sure this stat will change with the prevalence of e-bikes. I’ve almost been hit by one of these going so fast so many times on a sidewalk.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't have a problem with bikes on sidewalks if they kept their speed to jogging pace (about 6mph) and stopped at stop signs and crosswalks.

Anyone think they would do that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't have a problem with bikes on sidewalks if they kept their speed to jogging pace (about 6mph) and stopped at stop signs and crosswalks.

Anyone think they would do that?

People walking and running do not do that on the sidewalks.