Shawn Bradley paralyzed after car hits him on bike ride

Runner10287 wrote:

Bradley is 7’6”. That must of been a massive bike.

You must of never been to school

should of could of would of wrote:

Runner10287 wrote:

Bradley is 7’6”. That must of been a massive bike.

You must of never been to school

I rode my bike to school but I wasn’t over 7 feet tall.

stats twat wrote:

STEVE THE ADDICT^^^^^^ wrote:

When you think about it, 1 in 80-90 people will die in a car accident in their life. So that means about 1 in 100 people have hit and killed someone with their vehicle. Some aren't even affected by that fact that they killed someone, minimal remorse from them except maybe faking it in the court room.

Actually, when you think about it, you completely made those numbers up

Let’s hope this person isn’t dumb enough to actually think 1 in 80 people die in a car accident. That is absolutely absurd

briswiss wrote:

stats twat wrote:

Actually, when you think about it, you completely made those numbers up

Let’s hope this person isn’t dumb enough to actually think 1 in 80 people die in a car accident. That is absolutely absurd

That's not that far off. It's more like 1 in 107, but it's the right ballpark.

Runner10287 wrote:

should of could of would of wrote:

You must of never been to school

I rode my bike to school but I wasn’t over 7 feet tall.

You must of missed the joke.

A cyclist should never ride against traffic, for many reasons.

1. Pedestrians aren’t. watching for vehicles coming from that direction;

2. It confuses and angers other riders who are riding in the correct direction;

3. You are legally a vehicle, and are therefore required to follow the rules of the road;

4. And, though it may not matter to you, it marks you as an ignorant, childish cyclist,

who clearly does not know what he/she is doing.

I am Sam wrote:

Do we know if the car driver was at fault here, or just an educated guess/assumption?

According to the team press release he was struck from behind, which suggests the car driver at least shares fault. For what it's worth, Bradley did his LDS mission in Australia.

runnER/DR wrote:Yes Doug Padilla. He still has quality of life from what I understand, but still has some disability. He works in admin for BYU track and field.

Doug used to work for BYU but has left the university. He now has a company that does race timing for different types of endurance events including road races.

Maybe cyclists have to start facing oncoming traffic like runners do. And cyclists can't expect to

share the road with cars as they think they can....face cars, move in off road.

w0efuu wrote:Maybe cyclists have to start facing oncoming traffic like runners do. And cyclists can't expect to

share the road with cars as they think they can....face cars, move in off road.

As was mentioned earlier by Hounde:

A cyclist should never ride against traffic, for many reasons.

1. Pedestrians aren’t. watching for vehicles coming from that direction;

2. It confuses and angers other riders who are riding in the correct direction;

3. You are legally a vehicle, and are therefore required to follow the rules of the road;

4. And, though it may not matter to you, it marks you as an ignorant, childish cyclist,

who clearly does not know what he/she is doing.

It's also illegal in many city, county, and states to ride a bicycle on a street or road against oncoming traffic. It would also be unwise to cycle the wrong direction in a bicycle lane when the majority of cyclists are riding with the traffic in the bicycle lane as is mandated in most city, county, and state guidelines.

If there are bike lanes, then I would be okay with riding with the flow as designed. Otherwise, riding against traffic along the edge of the road, or on sidewalks, is much safer and I could care less what others think especially those driving a vehicle while on drugs, alcohol or their phones!

I live where cycling is very much normal and I avoid bike lanes as a rule, I'll ride further using dedicated multiuse paths instead. Distracted, inattentive, poor driving habits make roads with shoulders and even separate bike lanes incredibly dangerous for riding. European cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen have the right idea for enlightened and safe bike infrastructure. US infrastructure development (sprawling development, high speed highways) is fundamentally incompatible with cycling and trains drivers to be a danger to riders, even on neighborhood streets.

This sucks.

I hope the driver loses his/her license forever and spends time in jail.

[now this next part will rankle some of you]

This is why I will never again run on roads with traffic (other than short stretches through a suburban neighborhood) or will ever again (I mean I did this a lot as a kid) bike on roads with cars. It's just too dangerous. People are distracted, they don't look out for people on bicycles or motorcycles for that matter. Some people are just bad drivers...young or inexperienced drivers, old drivers who should no longer be behind the wheel, drug impaired, sleep deprived, angry about something and thus not focused, looking at their phone, eating, etc.

I won't respond to any nonsense about maybe I shouldn't drive a car then or get on an airplane or do anything that attaches any risk to it at all. I get to choose what risky activities I engage in, and I draw the line at biking or running on roads with car traffic. It is not necessary to run or bike where there is traffic. Not sure why people want to exercise while breathing in a lot of car exhaust anyway.

The article didn't offer too many promising words about any sort of recovery. Sad.

Creek Path Hero wrote:

I live where cycling is very much normal and I avoid bike lanes as a rule, I'll ride further using dedicated multiuse paths instead. Distracted, inattentive, poor driving habits make roads with shoulders and even separate bike lanes incredibly dangerous for riding. European cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen have the right idea for enlightened and safe bike infrastructure. US infrastructure development (sprawling development, high speed highways) is fundamentally incompatible with cycling and trains drivers to be a danger to riders, even on neighborhood streets.

Agreed.

Too late, the joke is mute!

Ward old boy, you sound like a statistic waiting to happen.

Exactly right. There are drivers in my neighborhood in their 80's and countless soccer moms in enormous SUV's who are gabbing on their phones. They don't use signals, weave all over the road, and drive 10-15 mph over the speed limit in their own neighborhoods. I step onto the sidewalk the second I see a car coming at me now. You just don't know. Lest you think I'm sexist, the worst drivers by far are rednecks in pickup trucks. They never signal, drive in the middle of the road, and tailgate every vehicle in sight.

briswiss wrote:

[quote]stats twat wrote:

[quote]STEVE THE ADDICT^^^^^^ wrote:

Let’s hope this person isn’t dumb enough to actually think 1 in 80 people die in a car accident. That is absolutely absurd

Over 90 Americans die each day in car accidents.

Figure you ride in cars from birth to day age 80.

Do the math and that is over 2.6 million.

Based on the current population, that is about 1 in 120.

Given the population was far less in previous years, the guy's numbers are probably correct.

I hope you are not dumb enough to attack someone without even thinking

elviejo wrote:

This is one of the reasons I don't like Australia. Talk about Big Brother surveillance in many aspects of life. I was there 8 years ago and I thought it was crazy over the top then. I do, in fact, like 'mah freedoms'.

Americans are funny. Or maybe stupid.

That's why a bunch guys from the middle east could simply take a box cutter, get in the cockpit and fly some planes into buildings....you have a zealous ambition to stamp out terrorism, send troops costing billions halfway round the world, but your right to have 'burner phones' trumps the right to know who you are. Your right to have a gun trumps the right of innocent schoolkids not to be murdered en masse.

You have speed cameras...that already has your licence and visual detail, and catches you in a misdemeanour. Mobile phone cameras just takes the visual detail a bit further.

You have CCTV available to law enforcement ( and private companies).

So what big brother over the top surveillance do we have in Australia that you do not have?

Besides that, if you knew much about Australia, other than drinking our great beer and lying on our fantastic beaches, you would no that our privacy laws are amongst the strictest in the world. When it matters.

And if you don't want your photo taken breaking the law with the potential to kill people with your behaviour, you can always stay in your basement.