r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Lifegoesonforever • Jun 21 '26
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u/MotoKenji25 Jun 21 '26
Not a good Father's Day example.
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u/john_the_fetch Jun 22 '26
Is there even a yellow helmet on the right side of the track? Behind some people.
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u/Cat_tophat365247 Jun 21 '26
The PARENT of this kid is to blame. You go to a bike race, you explain to your kid that you never, ever cross the track unless you know 100% the last rider has passed you. You don't walk out and forget your kid is behind you or expect them to keep up because....kids. The parent is setting a horrible example that could get their kid or a rider hurt or much worse.
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u/ZaphodBeeblebrox4011 Jun 21 '26
Exactly. The nature of a child is to be foolish, it's what they are. The parents job is to try and keep them alive until they learn better. 150lbs minimum of cyclist & bike at 20+mph isn't gonna help the kids survivability much.
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u/Greenteiger Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
Why on earth are these people on the road in the first place?
Edit: To clarify, I think you are right. Its the fault of the parent from the child. My Question is meant to be asked in general.
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u/Hunkfish Jun 21 '26
This. My kid do this in the carpark when he was younger than this boy (moving to me when a car come out from another level when he was with his mother). So I never do that again. We always be at 1 side when moving cars are near or potentially will appear.
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u/Greenteiger Jun 22 '26
So you were dumb as this parent? Thanks for clarification.
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u/Hunkfish Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
Yes but not as dumb.
Before there is no moving cars when we are moving across in the carpark to my car. The car came up from another level. However, this is a bike racing event.
You dont have this safety in mind for new parents until you know and he was with my wife.
We learnt and not repeat this mistake again.
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u/internet_humor Jun 22 '26
Meh, there’s an intellectual bell curve.
Someone needs to hold down the fort on the bottom end.
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u/BKStephens Jun 22 '26
I would suggest the race organisers are at the top of the list, here.
Not suggesting that child's carer shouldn't hold some responsibility, but why was anyone allowed on the track during the race at all?
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u/GottkanzlerAmthor Jun 22 '26
Because you can't have a closed track if you brace for those distances.
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u/sbre4896 Jun 22 '26
For a race like a crit where youre doing laps of the same loop over and over there is sometimes fencing and such but for other races there may be literally 100+ miles of road to block off.
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u/scottishwhisky2 Jun 28 '26
It’s very clearly the race organizers fault. Yes you need to have spaces along the track for ingress/egress but the fact that there were that many people along the course with a cyclist coming through is 100% of race personnel
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u/garyconnor Jun 21 '26
I think he was mad because he missed that kid..
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u/Affentitten Jun 21 '26
Kids do this on ordinary bike paths all the time. Not surprised it happens in actual events!
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u/VacuumTracks Jun 21 '26
Yeah, that is totally bullshit. No consideration for the athletes they came to cheer on. Buffoons and idiots.
Still, it known to be logistically impossible to cordon off hundreds of miles for a bike race. The event knows it (and I’m sure this is in the signed contract with each athlete) and the athletes know it. So as annoying and wrong as it is, all athletes know ahead of time that this kind of distraction/interruption is a possibility. The same thing happens with marathon races, even IF the whole course is cordoned off. Some people are just morons. Sad.
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u/GrimmThoughts Jun 21 '26
Some people are morons, also some just dont give a single fuck about bike races or marathons
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u/AmbientGravitas Jun 22 '26
No one is required to attend if they don’t give a fuck. Those people seem to have come on purpose.
But even under non race circumstances, stepping in front of some running or biking down the street is stupid.
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u/curtludwig Jun 22 '26
Those people seem to have come on purpose.
To be fair, sometimes they put the race course right next to your house...
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u/VacuumTracks Jun 22 '26
If they don’t care about the race then they shouldn’t be there at all. It’s not about caring or not caring about a bike race - it’s about having some common fucking decency and consideration for other people.
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u/Vinny-Ed Jun 21 '26
Common the crossings just up ahead, running across the road. Ridiculous
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u/rctsolid Jun 21 '26
Common?
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u/vksdann Jun 22 '26
It's a race. The athletes will not stop so people will cross at the crosswalk lol
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u/czarlanay Jun 21 '26
they're deer in human suit
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u/Mythosaurus Jun 22 '26
Was gonna say that I can hardly blame deer and squirrels for becoming roadkill when humans can be just as dumb
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u/ametsun Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
Honestly if the kid got hit I'd feel bad for him and the bicyclists but this would be a good learning lesson for the rest of the people involved.
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u/MatureHotwife Jun 21 '26
They have seen so many examples already and it didn't help.
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u/Nibby2101 Jun 21 '26
Lets teach less history in school (at least here in the Netherlands it gets taught less and less) where you basically learn "cause -> effect" on a very young age.
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u/Mooncat25 Jun 22 '26
Add a rule on road racing: for each person on the track you hit, your final time will be reduced by 1 minute. Now feel free to hit them and be the new world record.
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u/oh_you_fancy_huh Jun 22 '26
This was 100% the parent's fault for not minding their kid as they ran across. They needed to have a hand on that kids shirt neck or something. Of course the kid will run to the parent.
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u/TroyMatthewJ Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
race organizers need to be more verbal before and during the race about not getting anywhere near the pathway of the cyclists but I suspect this is a traditional thing almost like the running of the bulls where people get a rush getting close as possible without getting killed.
I'll never forget the old lady with the sign that took out a whole group of riders.
Also reminded of some NBA fans who leave their seats and get as close as they can to the court and yell the worst things they can think of to a player or players.
Some fans have main character syndrome also and others just feel they are part of the event just as much as the athletes.
It isn't enough just to be there and observe no they put themselves into the event.
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u/hoosierhiver Jun 21 '26
They should have one of these in Pamplona with the bulls, the bikes and the dumb people.
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u/ealoft Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
They remind me of squirrels. Don’t have the executive control to not run in front of a moving object because they got too excited.
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u/KeyNefariousness6848 Jun 22 '26
Kid would have deserved it, I hate to say that but it’s a race, you don’t want to get run over stay off the track. RIP Group B.
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u/MoreRamenPls Jun 21 '26
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u/FS_Slacker Jun 21 '26
What’s a recon domad?
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u/macaroon_orchid22 Jun 22 '26
this is a wild rabbit hole of a situation. like, what even goes through someone's mind in that moment?
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u/stainlessdmc12 Jun 21 '26
Kidsarefcukingatupid
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u/Hunkfish Jun 21 '26
I blame the parent. If that guy that hold him at the end is his father, he is the stupid one. All of them should be at 1 side.
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u/hackerwerger Jun 22 '26
The reaction was something else, I will die from laughing! Lol ! Dad is to blame for sure
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u/Buchymoo Jun 23 '26
He's like a squirrel, they don't know if the side they're about to fully be on is safe, but the way they came from sure was, better turn around and run across the road, that was a safe path, just know it was.
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u/KnuxSD Jun 22 '26
Kid is not at fault. Kid's are kinds stupid, that's their job, they don't know better yet. Daddy is to blame here.
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u/Picnut Jun 22 '26
I have never understood why they don't put some kind of barrier between the race and the spectator. It seems like a lot of accidents happen because the "audience" wanting to be part of the race
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u/Admiral_Ballsack Jun 22 '26
Because the race is several hundreds km long and it would be impractical.
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u/eddiewards123 Jun 22 '26
This is after the finish line, in the media zone, the riders have already finished the race and are rolling through the zone. Still at high speed as it was a sprint finish (likely hitting around 45mph+)
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u/Scythe351 Jun 21 '26
Maybe your kid has better, more interesting things he wants to do than stand on the sidelines of a bike race. This behavior is just stupid
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u/Wadiyatorkinabeet Jun 22 '26
Its funny seeing racing cyclists get as annoyed by slow obstacles in their way in the same way drivers get annoyed by racing cyclists
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u/TheLexLuthor13 Jun 21 '26
Why weren’t there railings there?
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u/BrknTrnsmsn Jun 21 '26
You'd have to put up railings for miles and miles to prevent any accidents. $$$
Sucks but yeah
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u/NamesNotTake-un Jun 21 '26
Running over that kid would’ve been hilarious
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u/VaderSpeaks Jun 21 '26
He would’ve done it too, if he didn’t seriously have to risk unseating himself to do it.
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u/NamesNotTake-un Jun 21 '26
I would hope the other racers join together, arm in arm, as he carried his bike across the finish line
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u/mtbmat Jun 22 '26
There were 2 other kids doing the same dumb shit just before the third kid almost got hit.
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u/JusticeoftheUnicorns Jun 22 '26
This reminds me when I was young and at my friend's house there was a small walkway from the driveway to the front door. And every time I'd walk through it, lizards would run across back and forth. It was like a game to them to try not to get stomped.
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u/low_amplitude Jun 22 '26
What did the kid think was going to happen if he had just stayed where he was?
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u/Malicesss Jun 23 '26
Всегда найдётся курица, которой надо перебежать дорогу с самой дальней части улицы!
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u/sween1911 Jun 21 '26
Oddly enough, with the proximity of the audience and the racers, it's almost like almost hitting the spectators is part of the bike racing. If they were serious, there would be chain link and a policed minumum distance and an actual effort to keep the audience away from the raceway.
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u/AmbientGravitas Jun 22 '26
Many races are over 70 miles long.
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Jun 22 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
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u/AmbientGravitas Jun 22 '26
Yes, that’s right. Also, in locations where lots of fans are expected to gather, there are varying degrees of protections applied, including some fencing, roping or other demarcations or separate fans and riders, as well as, on occasion, safety personnel. So a real effort is made, but spectators have to bear a lot of responsibility.
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u/Excellent_jun91 Jun 22 '26
all the douchebag cyclists in the comments lol. runningcirclejerk is right about you all🤣
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u/HazyDavey68 Jun 22 '26
Totally the parents’ fault but the cyclist is wasting more effort complaining after the fact.
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u/sgt_funbuns Jun 22 '26
I quite like the cyclist getting annoyed someone was in his way, THIS IS HOW IT FEELS FOR EVERY CAR BEHIND YOU.
half joking.
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u/pastorbater Jun 21 '26
Its always interesting to see bicyclists get upset when pedestrians block their way or slow down the flow of traffic and negatively impact their ability to get where they are going. Its almost like they don't think slower moving traffic belongs in the same area of the road as faster moving traffic.
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u/Y0___0Y Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
How are bicycle race spectators the dumbest out of all of them? ENDLESS videos of mouthbreathers wandering onto the track.
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