Downhill gravel crash – front wheel slide on loose gravel.
Incident type: Crash
Any incident where a cyclist comes off their bike or collides with another party or object.
Stopped at Intersection in shared use path with bike lane markings (green boxes with white arrows in crosswalk). Light turns green. Walk signal broken. Proceeded through intersection. Car hits left fork from side. Farmers insurance adjuster Amy Hodnik claims that the bike lane is in the roadway, which the markings in the intersection, google maps, screenshots from camera, and Austin’s Vision Zero page show the bike lane is part of a shared use lane and separate from the roadway.
I know bus drivers are important, however there is no excuse for dangerous driving, I got hit by the Bus when it overtook me and if I had not braked as hard as I did, i would have been under the bus wheels.
All of these videos uploaded to UpRide show just how little care ‘Drivers’ have to other HUMANS on bikes. This is only a small selection from the videos submitted over the month of October. Every video that is posted on UpRide means more drivers know there is a big chance that they will be on camera, and think twice before putting a riders life in danger.
I was a little too confident and kissed the pavement.
Honda CRV driver had to get past me to then turn left Infront of me
Riding in front of a school on Saturday and approaching sudden narrowing for a cross walk so merged (well before anyone approached from behind) in order to ride straight into the narrrows.
After the incident, the driver pulled off-road and ran back to see if I was hurt, offering help, and saying “there wasn’t room for me to go around you”. I was mildly concussed and said something like “no worries, I’ll just keep going” (heard on the audio) Got back on and did about another 10k before realizing I wasn’t thinking clearly had hip pain (previous hip replacement) and had to stop.
When home I could barely walk… luckily no hip or pelvis fracs… just lots of road rash and a MIPS helmet write-off.
Local police took statement and my vids and screenshots and promised to get to the driver. I’d mentioned his quote, and that he had no front license plate (not legal in BC) Also mentioned that he hit me 5 seconds (40 meters at 26kmh) before the parking lane ended. We’ll see.
Went to pass another cyclist on a track. Rang my bell, but instead of moving to his left he slammed on the front brakes and nearly went over his handle bars. I managed to unclip and hit his seat post with my left handle bar. No damage done, we both stayed upright, he apologised and I moved on. Lesson, expect the unexpected and sometimes more.
The amount of dumbfoundingly dangerous dumbassery that gets constantly submitted to UpRide is as astonishing as it is disturbing. Here is a small selection from those submitted over the month of September. This needs to change, so record your ride and keep posting! Every video means more drivers will start to know there is a good chance they are on camera and think twice before putting a rider’s life in danger.
Always good idea to keep the dog on the lead when walking to the park