Don't play chicken with cars

"razorbeamteam" (razorbeamteam) 07/20/2017 at 17:07 • Filed to: None

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Biker trying to run the red light at Roosevelt and Halsted in Chicago on Tuesday. Biker was fully in the wrong here, helmetless, and shirtless but I still feel for the guy.

I got broadsided like this 4 years ago after an 80 year old man didn’t see a stop sign. I was pretty lucky and got away with a concussion and separated shoulder. Kept me off my bike in the city ever since. This guy seems a little more beat up.

Video here:

WilliamsSW > razorbeamteam 07/20/2017 at 17:14

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When I lived in Chicago, the stunts I saw bicyclists pull amazed me. I rode a fair amount, and admittedly took a few risks, but running red lights wasn’t one of them - but I sure saw a lot of it. Hope he’s OK.

Also, fuck the guy in the red 300. What an asshole.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > razorbeamteam 07/20/2017 at 17:15

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I felt that.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > razorbeamteam 07/20/2017 at 17:17

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i fucking hate that intersection. between the college kids and bikes and people stopping in the middle of the intersection its one of the worst in the area

razorbeamteam > WilliamsSW 07/20/2017 at 17:20

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Yeah, I used to ride to work every day with white knuckles with all the inattentive drivers in this city. Other bikers would be flying around me when I stopped at stop signs and red lights with no helmet or lights, and headphones in. It’s truly amazing how people think nothing can happen to them riding like that.

And yeah, fuck that guy. While living in the city has cooled and hardened my heart, how do you see someone get blasted by a car and just drive away. Dude had places to be I guess.

McMike > razorbeamteam 07/20/2017 at 17:25

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That Camry was a few seconds late one the horn.

Not that it would have helped.

I don’t even know why I’m replying. Am I staff, community, or pending?

WilliamsSW > razorbeamteam 07/20/2017 at 17:27

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I tried to keep to the streets with bike lanes (so glad there are a lot of them!) but even so, streets like Milwaukee, Elston, etc. were dicey anyways.

But I would rather ride down Elston during rush hour than the lakefront path around North Avenue on a Saturday afternoon...

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > razorbeamteam 07/20/2017 at 17:29

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i mean theres really nothing he could have done, yes driving around the guy that close is a douche move but there were already people there calling 911, all he could have done was call 911 and wait there but people were already doing that. i personally would have just gone up halstead a little further and cut across to where i needed to be

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > razorbeamteam 07/20/2017 at 17:30

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Holy shit that was a hard hit. What a dumb fuck. No one deserves to be hit like that but what are you expecting when running a red light?-staff

skinnyrook > razorbeamteam 07/20/2017 at 17:30

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Not getting hit on a bike is hard enough even when you follow all the rules. I don’t understand why some try and make it even more of a challenge.

razorbeamteam > McMike 07/20/2017 at 17:33

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Aren’t we all pending, mannnn?

WiscoProud > WilliamsSW 07/20/2017 at 17:42

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I lived there for 8 years. I was amazed I didn’t see more accidents. I used to see bikers running red lights and stop signs routinely.

razorbeamteam > WilliamsSW 07/20/2017 at 17:46

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Yeah, lakefront path is absurd. Its getting better now that they have separate bike and foot traffic lanes. An acquaintance of mine broke a little boy’s arm and wrecked his fancy racing bike after the boy broke away from his mom on the beach and ran onto the path without looking.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > WilliamsSW 07/20/2017 at 17:53

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rollerbladers....rollerbladers everywhere

Bytemite > razorbeamteam 07/20/2017 at 18:17

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Eh maybe he will learn his lesson? Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Dicking around going 2mph through a busy intersection and running a red light?

I would’ve chuckled, drove through and went on with my day.

Chariotoflove > razorbeamteam 07/20/2017 at 18:28

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Look, I’m a cyclist, and I’ve been hit by a car before with pretty disastrous results; so, I have much empathy for the cyclist and hope he recovers okay. But, as a cyclist, and also as a motorist, I harbor a seething, burning loathing of all cyclists who can’t obey the traffic laws. As a driver, I don’t want to hit anyone, and as a cyclist, I don’t want to be hit. But, where I live, the cyclists risk their lives and force drivers to look out for them while also creating a lot of cultural animosity that makes people honk and run bikes off the road. I had someone yell out their window “asshole” at me at a stop sign a few months ago, and I wasn’t doing anything wrong. I think he just hated cyclists. He has good reason to here. None of them obey the laws.

gmctavish needs more space > razorbeamteam 07/20/2017 at 18:29

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I can’t get myself to feel that bad for him, it just looks like he achieved exactly what he was trying to do. I mean I don’t know what else he expected to happen.

Bytemite > Chariotoflove 07/20/2017 at 18:34

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Thank you. I rode my bicycle stopping at every stop sign, just to watch every other cyclist behind me just running straight through. It wears you down to see your efforts thrown out the window when you’re trying to build trust between motorists and cyclists and show drivers that some cyclists know how to ride, and idiots like this are all over the place.

My bird IS the word > razorbeamteam 07/20/2017 at 18:41

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Smart enough to operate a bicycle but not smart enough to look both ways before crossing.

We teach three year olds this.

I’m considering pitching a new show to tv networks : “are you smarter than a bucket of gravy?”

Chariotoflove > Bytemite 07/20/2017 at 19:06

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And you know that they’d stop if they were in their cars, but somehow on their bikes it’s different?!

TheRealBicycleBuck > razorbeamteam 07/20/2017 at 20:01

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Paths are a nightmare to ride on. The worst offenders are people with small dogs on thin, extendable leashes. The owners never seem to control their dogs by locking down the leash and the leash itself is nearly invisible. If I’m forc d to take a path, I always keep the pace at a walk or slow jog.

NJAnon > razorbeamteam 07/20/2017 at 20:04

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Stay hydrated and don’t do drugs kids!

(sad seeing accidents, but did he do a 360? thats 250points!)

WilliamsSW > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/20/2017 at 22:46

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That still gives me nightmares.

Worse was the fear of a little kid jumping out in front of me.

Best part of that trail is either south from McCormick place or north of about Irving. All the beauty but none of the crowds.

WilliamsSW > WiscoProud 07/20/2017 at 22:48

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Yeah, about 8 years for me too.

The reminder was always the bikes painted white and permanently chained to where a rider was killed. There were several within a few blocks of my place.

pip bip - choose Corrour > razorbeamteam 07/21/2017 at 06:37

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fuck.