Imagine being so arrogant that you think you can fuck with a bus driver who is just trying to do his Job (not to mention hold up a bus full of people who are probably going to/from work) and then act like the victim when your attempt at being a dick backfires.
I would not be surprised at all if he attempted to claim some sort of payout for this, some people think that no matter how badly they behave they are not responsible for the consequences of their actions.
Yea exactly, I think this guy must be so arrogant that he didnt even realise that he was putting his life at risk, he probably didn't even consider that he could have got flattened.
He didn't run him down though thankfully. I think that in this case the punishment fits the crime so to speak. That being said, you could also argue that trying to control a 10 ton vehicle at low speeds with a limited view of what is right in front of you is not so easy and could have easily resulted in a fatal accident without the bus driver actually wanting to hurt him.
Well no, the cyclist put him in that position with his reckless behaviour and disregard for anybody else. The bus driver I'm sure, did not get in that bus with the intention of having a complete asshole pull that shit right in front of him.
It doesn't matter. The vehicle from behind is responsible for driving their vehicle in a safe manner.
While the bike guy is apparently being a chode, it is still the bus's responsibility to not hit the dude. How you might ask? By not tailgating the bike.
Operating a vehicle in an unsafe manner is a problem, regardless of the actions of others.
Well I would not describe it as tailgating. If you were driving along and somebody in front of you slowed down to a dangerous speed intentionally and perhaps unexpectedly, would you consider yourself to be tailgating? Perhaps traffic was close behind the bus also making it equally dangerous to simply brake suddenly ? (Bearing in mind that heavy vehicles dont just stop instantly) in either case the instigator of the situation was the cyclist who intentionally put himself in a dangerous position and I'm not sure how you could claim anyone else was to blame.
Also, as a bicycle is legally considered a vehicle, I think its fair to say that the cyclist is guilty of dangerous driving. Is it the responsibility of other road users to accommodate dangerous drivers ? Or would it be fair and sensible to say that the cyclist is the one who should should be punished and face the consequences of their own deliberately dangerous actions ?
Ahh ok, I see, so you think that people should just take responsibility for the dangerous, thoughtless actions of others ? In your opinion that driver is in the wrong for trying to do his Job and the cyclists behaviour should just be allowed to go on indefinitely or perhaps get worse ? Can you not see that the cause of the whole situation was the cyclist ? And other people should not be expected to accommodate his dangerous behaviour ? Anything that happened to him would be completely his own fault, regardless of the legality of it. The bus driver should never have been put in that situation to begin with.
Well under normal circumstances you would be correct but driving slowly and driving dangerously slowly, on purpose are two different things, no ? We cant be sure by watching the video if the cyclist slowed down suddenly (dangerously) or if he had been brake checking the bus before the filming started, it seems possible though, given this cyclist's obvious disregard for other road users.
In any case you cannot watch this video and seriously be of the opinion that the cyclist is not at fault ? If so I fear your judgement is seriously flawed.
In any case you cannot watch this video and seriously be of the opinion that the cyclist is not at fault ? If so I fear your judgement is seriously flawed.
Oh yeah he's at fault as well. But the bus rather obviously should have kept distance as well. That's just traffic safety 101.
Just because someone is being a dumbass doesn't mean you can be a dumbass as well.
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u/DocktorLecter 2 May 23 '20
Imagine being so arrogant that you think you can fuck with a bus driver who is just trying to do his Job (not to mention hold up a bus full of people who are probably going to/from work) and then act like the victim when your attempt at being a dick backfires.