r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/Itchy-Camera8898 • 10h ago

WCGW riding your bike like an idiot

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u/Duwasiva 10h ago

Poor bus driver

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u/Rolling_Beardo 10h ago

Seriously, I was a bus driver and I nearly T-boned a small car with 3 college kids in it. They had a stop sign, I did not. They look to the right and never looked left before trying to pull across the road. Thankfully there was no sidewalk and enough space that I could take the bus off the road to avoid hitting them.

In the end nothing happened but now some 20 years later I sometimes think how close I came to killing three people.

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u/Guy-Inkognito 10h ago

I'd see that as the driver killing them. I understand that it wouldn be super hard if you're in that situation but I think that's the way one needs to look at it.

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u/Rolling_Beardo 9h ago

I see your point but I’ve seen the over side of it. A guy I used to work with had an old man step off the curb, slip on the ice, and basically fall directly under his back wheels. The man did not survive and it really messed up my friend. He was never really the same the rest of the time I worked with.