Gauteng champs: Lady riding over rider’s bike

[Monique13]

I was wondering if the lady in the Golf was going to be responsible to replace / fix the bicycle.  

Edited January 21, 2023 by Monique13

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Tell us more about the incident
(or post a link)

[babse]

That one liner tells me she's responsible...

 

Hope no one was hurt. 

[Frosty]

Was or is responsible?

#grammarnazi

[Zeffer]

Yah saw it. Quite unfortunate.

Lady came up to start of TT and another car from the front with little space to pass. She bump the oke at a speed of 1km/h, he fell, she rode over his back wheel, he kicked a moerse dent in her door. Cops were there took statements. 

He was not a participant and his bike is very old - if that helps.

[TVS Cycles]

Thanks for the update @Zeffer.  

 

[TheoG]

On 1/21/2023 at 11:14 AM, Monique13 said:

I was wondering if the lady in the Golf was going to be responsible to replace / fix the bicycle.  

If the "lady" is at fault, the "lady" should pay for sure .... 🤪🤦‍♂️

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Just now, TheoG said:

If the "lady" is at fault, the "lady" should pay for sure .... 🤪🤦‍♂️

Less cost of dent in her door ?

Sounds like a strange and silly incident 

[The Ouzo]

1 hour ago, Zeffer said:

Yah saw it. Quite unfortunate.

Lady came up to start of TT and another car from the front with little space to pass. She bump the oke at a speed of 1km/h, he fell, she rode over his back wheel, he kicked a moerse dent in her door. Cops were there took statements. 

He was not a participant and his bike is very old - if that helps.

why does the age of the bike matter ?

[love2fly]

Driving over bike = accident/negligence. Kicking door act of aggression. I wouldn't want to be the oke who kicked the door when the insurers legal dept letter arrives...

[Shebeen]

1 hour ago, The Ouzo said:

why does the age of the bike matter ?

I guess it tells you that the broken wheel was not some space age carbon thing you'd expect to see at a TT race, but possibly worth less than the damage

[Underachiever]

1 hour ago, The Ouzo said:

why does the age of the bike matter ?

Old wheel cheaper to replace vs a new Bora/Zipp/Roval/whateva.

Silly question, what is a non competing rider doing in that busy area?  

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27 minutes ago, Underachiever said:

Old wheel cheaper to replace vs a new Bora/Zipp/Roval/whateva.

Silly question, what is a non competing rider doing in that busy area?  

The bigger question is why were cars squeezing past each other through tiny gaps that don't exist, especially when its not safe to do so because a cyclist is there.

(I wasn't there, so am only guessing. Do we have to wait until Friday to throw petrol on this fire ?)

[KingArthur]

1 hour ago, love2fly said:

Driving over bike = attempted murder. Kicking door act of self-defence. I wouldn't want to be the oke who kicked the door when the insurers legal dept letter arrives...

Fixed it for you..

[swingTOpeddle]

5 hours ago, Underachiever said:

Silly question, what is a non competing rider doing in that busy area?  

So I rode past the start on the day. They start and finish was on either side of the road. Thus taking up the cycling lanes and probably 1/3 of each traffic lane. This is effectively a single lane road. All this created a narrow corridor which had to accommodate two ways traffic and the high number of recreational cyclists. 
 

It was a bit nerve wrecking squeezing between traffic, bicycles and competitors in this area. 

[MORNE1102]

From the sound of it it’s just another tale of a entitled Fourways boytjie\cyclist but boytjie first and most in his proverbial cradle promise land. If that was my car this chop kicked, he’d be having “billy the bums” flashbacks without the end of night boerie.