Texting and driving Bicycle Accident
 

Folk's Pay attention on the road and do not text and drive.
A bicycle was hit yesterday around 2;30pm on Buena Vista, going north before El Camino drive, on Buena Vista.
It was obvious the driver was not paying attention to driving.
After she hit the bicyclist she turned left sharply and almost rolled her vehicle, hit the curb blew out the front left tire on her SUV and ended up on the medium and almost went into oncoming traffic that was going south.
This guy was lucky not to be killed!!!!!

Holy smokes! I don’t see any evidence of somebody texting and driving, but whether they did or not, that bicyclist is lucky to be alive.

My understanding is that she admitted it to the cops and she was also ticketed. Thats what a first responders said
, but who knows what the driver was really doing, but it is clear she was not paying attention!

She shouldn't have just gotten a ticket. She should've gotten arrested. Doing something stupid that can get you a ticket is just doing something stupid that can get you a ticket. But once that stupid thing causes harm to someone else, it's an actual crime, not just a traffic violation.

And sounds like more than $950 in damage that can get you arrested in California.

I'm sure that the online rag will have more and better information than the hearsay on here.

I would feel less at risk being on the road with a bunch of drivers leaving happy hour than a bunch of high schoolers getting out of school and driving with phones in hand.

Nothing says either was a high schooler. Neither texting and driving, or drinking and driving are legal or smart.

I regularly object to the term accident. Most accidents can be avoided. Thus, most accidents are one or several people acting stupidly.

How do you know it wasn't the bicyclist "not paying attention" and cut off the car. Sometimes "looks" can be deceiving. It wouldn't be the first bike rider to be the cause an accident. I doubt the first responder (that you stopped and talked to?) was a witness. Point is, unless one reads the accident report no one knows. Can't imagine anyone saying to a cop "I wasn't paying attention because I was busy texting and this bike guy just suddenly was there." Please give me a ticket because I'm dumb." Of course that is possible around here. :)

I have a tendency to believe the heresay from posters here, rather than the news media. If a story doesn't fit their narrative then they twist it until it does, or they just don't report it at all.

The online rag will have a copy of the accident report which will be the final word, unless there is a trial.

I thought this is the online rag at times

[QUOTE=Flyers999;2040739]I have a tendency to believe the heresay from posters here, rather than the news media. If a story doesn't fit their narrative then they twist it until it does, or they just don't report it at all.[/QUOTE
And that statement, my friends, applies to ALL media reporting, including the reporting on Covid.

Isn’t that also true of posters?

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