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Originally Posted by Toymeister
I don't know what the driver saw other than we were crossing with a crosswalk signal in a designated crosswalk lane. I do know they attempted to run us over.
If they had how would this have played out for the motorist? Failure to yield for a pedestrian. On civil side this would be negligence. Pretty clear cut.
Ask yourself, as a driver, is it worth it to lose everything that you own, everything that you have worked for your entire life to harm a cyclist or 'cut it close' because you are irritated, in a rush, or convinced you are correct? Is it the right thing to do, to teach 'the spandex crowd a lesson", ever?
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Three times now you have stated that the SUV attempted to run you over. This implies knowledge of the SUV driver's intent. Do you somehow know he was trying to run you over? And even if that is true, are you contending that the driver intended to run you over but when he got closer to your two-wheeled bicycle he realized it was impossible?
Or possibly the driver made a bad choice and didn't see you in the intersection when he began his turn onto Pinellas Place.
Or possibly, the driver was waiting in the intersection to make a left turn as his light changed to red which, as discussed in other threads, is appropriate in Florida. And maybe as he was making his legal turn the crosswalk light turned green. Seeing a green crosswalk signal you entered the crosswalk without first checking to see if there was oncoming traffic.
Clearly, there is no way for us to know what happened just as there is no way for you to know what was in the mind of the driver.
Fortunately, no one was harmed.