oceanlife wrote:
SurfingLamb wrote:
travis_lt wrote:
His credibility is in question because she was never hit in the face and there was no bruise.
He said he saw a bruise on her face. Assuming he isn't outright lieing (which there's no reason to assume that he is) - it could be any number of reasons why he would associate a bruise on her face with that video.
Also, I can tell you from experience, videos oftentimes don't paint the whole picture either. You see it all the time in mixed martial arts and boxing fights - where a guy gets 'punched' and goes down but when you slow the video down it appears that no contact was ever made. That doesn't mean there wasn't. I've had guys in my old camp be accused of taking a dive because slowed down video showed no contact, but their faces were swelled up after the incident.
It's almost as if people skip the middle of a thread and jump on the comments at the end.
This.
Say what you will about the woman being self-absorbed, oblivious and inconsiderate to the other racers around her. She was. And I agree she should have been assessed penalties for her own actions as well. (Impeding the progress of another racer, even unintentional, is a violation. Outside assistance, another violation.)
Say what you will about the RD exaggerating what happened. He did.
However, NONE of that excuses the behavior of this guy. YOU NEVER forcefully shove another individual, male or female, in a race out of anger or frustration. Before the video was released, I was giving him the benefit of the doubt that maybe he just did not have time to react. Heck, clueless people bump into others merely walking around the mall. But after the video was released, it CLEARLY shows that despite her inattentiveness, he had the
LAST CLEAR CHANCE to avoid making contact with her. First of all, he could have yelled out something beforehand such as "HEADS UP!" "RUNNER UP!" "OUT OF THE WAY!" "MOVE!" He did neither, but it does sound like he said something after the shove. He could have gone further to the left, and no, he would not have hit the older guy coming in the opposite direction. Or he could have cut right. Or, he simply could have just slowed down and/or stopped, PR be damned. You just don't shove another person. Period.
Look, if you're driving down the road at 55 mph, and up ahead you see a pedestrian, cyclist or another driver obviously eating shit, and you have the opportunity to avoid an accident but don't take it, guess what? Last Clear Chance is a viable defense they have for their own carelessness because you had the last clear chance to avoid the accident, but didn't take it.
This guy could have EASILY avoided making contact with this woman, but he chose not to and it's mind boggling that people are still defending him.
