Bicyclist knocks pedestrian unconscious, flees scene

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Nope. There was a robbery in our neighborhood. They used an e-bike. The e-bike and scooter companies do not cooperate with the police.

[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

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

Oh yeah definitely trying to hide his face.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Nope. There was a robbery in our neighborhood. They used an e-bike. The e-bike and scooter companies do not cooperate with the police.

They could get a warrant. It's not an optional thing to comply with...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Loving all these breathless tales of "almost" being hit. So... not hit, then?

Oh look, our resident assh0le bicyclist has entered the thread. STFU

Cow, I don't even own a bike. But the way you people react to them is the way my MIL reacts to spiders. Just the very existence of a spider gets her all riled up, regardless of whether it touches her or if she can even see it. You don't have enough problems.

Nah, your BS is not working here. We react this way because we deal with your shit every day. You are the problem!!! Again STFU

I am sure I am the problem in some spaces. In this one, though, I just think you should stop telling other people what to do. Really, just let people (and spiders) live their lives.

Cyclist vs pedestrian accidents are actually pretty rare, when compared with car vs anything. You only think about it because of all these "i was ALMOST hit..." Love that main character energy for you, but you were not hit. You might've had a lil fright. Eek! Poor baby.

And cyclists wonder why everyone hates them...

[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.

Wait—15th and F? There’s a bike lane there? I work near there and didn’t think there was. The bike lane is on 16th. Does it cut over to 15th at the White House? There’s no cars crossing 15th there so I’m sure that’s why the bikes don’t think they need to stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Loving all these breathless tales of "almost" being hit. So... not hit, then?

Oh look, our resident assh0le bicyclist has entered the thread. STFU

Cow, I don't even own a bike. But the way you people react to them is the way my MIL reacts to spiders. Just the very existence of a spider gets her all riled up, regardless of whether it touches her or if she can even see it. You don't have enough problems.

Nah, your BS is not working here. We react this way because we deal with your shit every day. You are the problem!!! Again STFU

I am sure I am the problem in some spaces. In this one, though, I just think you should stop telling other people what to do. Really, just let people (and spiders) live their lives.

Cyclist vs pedestrian accidents are actually pretty rare, when compared with car vs anything. You only think about it because of all these "i was ALMOST hit..." Love that main character energy for you, but you were not hit. You might've had a lil fright. Eek! Poor baby.

And cyclists wonder why everyone hates them...

DP. An unfortunate reality is that cyclists and pedestrians have a different sense of space. This leads to cyclists going too fast and coming too close to pedestrians, but also to pedestrians over-reacting to cyclists passing or weaving through them.

They really shouldn't be sharing the same space, any more than either of them should be sharing space with cars. Every transportation mode needs its own infrastructure. This is why complete-streets are a farce. You really want your spaces to specialize, not try to be everything to everyone.

[Anonymous]

A lot of it has to do with consideration for others and bicyclists miss that mark by a wide margin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Wait—15th and F? There’s a bike lane there? I work near there and didn’t think there was. The bike lane is on 16th. Does it cut over to 15th at the White House? There’s no cars crossing 15th there so I’m sure that’s why the bikes don’t think they need to stop.

This is exactly why there needs to be a rethink on the interaction between bike lanes and crosswalks. They literally painted “stop for peds” in the street and cyclists ignored it. If you can’t see the red light or don’t understand what it means then you need to put the bike away.

[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

He probably didn't even know if she was alive when he fled.

[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!

Can they first require license plates for all the ATVs and illegal dirt-bikes all over Anacostia and Oxen Hill?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bicyclists don’t even bother using their special bike lanes. They’re all over the sidewalk. Yuck.

Bike lanes are poorly maintained and completely disrespected. It's hard to go a block without your lane being blocked by an uber driver or other inconsiderate jerk. And if you do find that magical block, the bike lane will be full of trash and potholes.

But Trump said that bike infrastructure is "hostile to cars" and canceled all the local grants for it. So get used to cyclists on the sidewalk!!

Take up walking with a walking cane in hand. You never know when it might be useful.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

Including the people they run over

[Anonymous]

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...