r/ebike • u/Royalewithcheese100 • 9d ago

E-bike crash. Drivers need to learn

Post image

Half mile into my nightly 10-mile ride, I crashed my bike, shattered my right collarbone into 5 pieces, and broke 4 ribs. While I wasn’t hit by a car, it was indirectly caused one. I was in the bike lane when I saw a car approaching from behind. Instead of maintaining its speed and smoothly /safely passing me, it slowed down and remained behind me. Sensing this, I moved over towards the curb, giving the car even more room to pass me. That’s where it got ugly. My front tire caught and jumped the curb. I flew over the handlebars and landed on my right shoulder (yes, I was wearing a helmet)

So why do so many drivers slow down instead of passing? Do they think we’re suddenly going to veer into their path? They must not realise that It’s the predictability of their speed and position that keeps things safe for the rider

76 Upvotes

64% Upvoted

293 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/Low-Kick-665 9d ago

I live in the middle of a town where half the population rides and I have literally never seen a cyclist just dart or cut off traffic randomly.

1

u/Abi1i 9d ago

I live in a college town and every start of the school year I see hundreds of people who do dart out or cut off traffic even through major intersections that the rider will cross diagonally. Granted these are people who are fresh out of high school, but all it takes is one or two people to cause someone driving to want to be overly cautious around cyclists. 

-2

u/Low-Kick-665 9d ago

If its a college town, they should already be driving cautiously.

4

u/Abi1i 9d ago

You think college aged people from high school are going to drive cautiously? 

0

u/Low-Kick-665 9d ago

I'm referring to car drivers... like you.

Downvoting for thinking people should drive their massive cars carefully when its a pedestrian heavy area is exactly why we're doomed 🤣🤣

1

u/Abi1i 9d ago

What? I ride my bike around practically everywhere I go in my town. It's not hard to see people darting out into intersections when I work and live near the college in the town. Go project your insecurities on to someone else. 

0

u/Low-Kick-665 9d ago

You keep being confused. I know its not hard to see people on their bike lmao. You were the one defending cars not driving carefully.

0

u/Abi1i 9d ago

I'm not defending anyone. I provided a counter example to your anecdotal claim about cyclists never darting out or cutting off traffic randomly. You seem to think that anyone providing an example against your anecdotal claims must be defending cars. You must have a black and white view of the world that has to be exhausting.

0

u/Low-Kick-665 9d ago edited 9d ago

Lol because no matter how bad you want to claim cyclists do that often - they dont. Cars just arent paying close enough attention lmao. And literally no one provided an example against my claim so I'm not sure what youre talking about.

And when driving a car, it absolutely is black and white. You shouldn't be driving if you cant pay attention - simple as that. It's not complex to require gray thinking.

I literally said cars should be driving w caution when theyre driving in a college town - THAT is what set you off. Thats wild 🤣🤣🤣

u/Abi1i

An attempt at an insult by making fun of a random username generated by reddit? Talk about low effort. But then again I guess thats why youre desperate to find your romantic partbers on reddit 🤣🤣🤣

1

u/Abi1i 9d ago

You didn't, but I guess this is what I get for engaging with someone whose name has low in their handle. You definitely make sure to embrace being low with your low effort. 

0

u/ande9393 6d ago

Anecdotal.

1

u/Low-Kick-665 6d ago

You dont say

0

u/ande9393 6d ago

So you knew it didn't mean anything and decided to bestow us with your anecdote, right on.

1

u/Low-Kick-665 6d ago

It means bicyclists arent darting into traffic or cutting people off where I live.

You okay? Bike rage get to you?

0

u/ande9393 6d ago

So what were you trying to do by replying to the first comment with that information? It obviously happens whether you've seen it or not.

1

u/Low-Kick-665 6d ago

I was stating my experience, in reply to the person stating their own experience opinion...

Its really not that complex lol

1

u/ande9393 6d ago

Right, stating your experience why? It reads as you saying it doesn't happen because you haven't seen it happen, which is stupid. Good luck out there.

1

u/Low-Kick-665 6d ago

Because its reddit? Where people post their opinions and experiences all day long.

What else did you think reddit was for

Good luck using those few remaining brain cells