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Video of a driver who almost hit me...
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and would have if no for my good bike handling skills. I was riding down a neighborhood road in a bike lane when I saw an SUV about 50 yards up slowing down and drifting into the bike lane. So I slowed down and the car came to a stop. I slowed down further and it became apparent they were turning off the road with no obstructions. So I started to drive speed up as to keep going straight, where the car made a sudden left turn because they obviously were making a wrong turn. This meant I had to slam on my brakes and shift to the side avoiding the car that was behind me. As I passed the driver, I saw she was a tiny women who clearly was lost and driving too much car for her. She looked sorry, but I got the whole thing on video with license plate and all.


What should I do. Should I send it to the police. This stuff happens all the time, and it isn't really going to matter when some idiot like this woman kills somebody because she can't drive or is driving too much car.


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Re: Video of a driver who almost hit me... [TheForge] [ In reply to ]
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What are you going to accomplish (or hoping to) by calling the police?

The reality is that they are gonna say "No harm, no foul." They aren't gonna waste their time contacting the driver.

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Re: Video of a driver who almost hit me... [Power13] [ In reply to ]
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Well, I didn't figure anything of consequence would happen, but a lot of people might think twice after getting a note from the police. Behavior like this is apathy driven in general.


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Re: Video of a driver who almost hit me... [TheForge] [ In reply to ]
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Report her to the MVD.

"Concerned-Citizen Reporting
A person with direct knowledge of a driver’s specific conduct or specific events indicating the driver may have a disqualifying medical condition may report this to us by completing a Driver Condition / Behavior Report."

http://azdot.gov/mvd/driver-services/MedicalReview/reporting-an-unsafe-driver





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Re: Video of a driver who almost hit me... [TheForge] [ In reply to ]
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You should post the video on slowtwitch and let the posters go all Mike Rossi on the driver...

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Re: Video of a driver who almost hit me... [TheJeff] [ In reply to ]
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+1!
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Re: Video of a driver who almost hit me... [TheForge] [ In reply to ]
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TheForge wrote:
Well, I didn't figure anything of consequence would happen, but a lot of people might think twice after getting a note from the police. Behavior like this is apathy driven in general.

I think you missed my point....the cops won't contact her.

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Re: Video of a driver who almost hit me... [TheForge] [ In reply to ]
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If I understand the description you gave, then all she did was start to make a turn off to the right, then changed her mind and moved left, suddenly. But she never left the lane, correct? If that is the case then *you* were the one taking risks by passing her in her lane.

We need to see the video.
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Re: Video of a driver who almost hit me... [TheForge] [ In reply to ]
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Pretend you were in a car and had a dashboard cam. What would you do if that was the case? I would bet good money the police wouldn't give two licks. A local cyclist was killed very recently because a car went around another one that was making a right turn and hit the cyclist head on. Be careful out there.
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Re: Video of a driver who almost hit me... [TheForge] [ In reply to ]
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People are fucking retards in their cars I get it for the millionth time, you driving your car quickly is more important than me riding my bike safely. You obviously need to see the new season of game of thrones sorry for impeding your tv with my measly ironman training
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Re: Video of a driver who almost hit me... [TheForge] [ In reply to ]
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I only came for the video. Now I'm just disappointed :(

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Re: Video of a driver who almost hit me... [jsiege11] [ In reply to ]
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Same here, but I figure a video of a driver almost hitting a cyclist would probably be disappointing anyway.
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Re: Video of a driver who almost hit me... [Power13] [ In reply to ]
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Although this is likely the case, it can't hurt to try-
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Re: Video of a driver who almost hit me... [TheForge] [ In reply to ]
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I've got the gas and torches, you supply the video.

Actually based on what you described it was possibly your fault. Think of it if you were in a car. If you plow into a car from behind because you thought they were turning right when instead they turned left I think you would get the ticket. A car turning off the road way amount to a stop sign for vehicles behind it. And I BELIEVE that until a car clears the road way the front vehicle has the right of way. Maybe you could argue they failed to use turn signals properly but I think you would have a hard time convincing a cop you were induced into an accident.

I find myself doing this far too often and I think one day I am going to regret it. A car is turning right so I merge (in my car) halfway into the next lane so I don't have to slow down to pass.

Either way I am glad you are okay!
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