# A truck just ran over me and my bike

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 1, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truck-just-ran-over-me-and-my-bike/626927 "2012-07-01T18:35:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truck-just-ran-over-me-and-my-bike/626927/138 "2012-07-02T23:13:46Z")

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> [@mhendo](#):
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> Exactly.
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> And you were on the sidewalk, where pedestrians are supposed to be, while riding a VEHICLE that is, by law, prohibited from the sidewalk.
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> If i drive my car on the sidewalk, does that make me a pedestrian? What about a motorcycle? How about a tractor? Or an elephant? Or a helicopter?So, you believe that you should be able to walk on the road, in the middle of the lane, and retain the right of way? Do you think you should be able to step out into the flow of traffic and cause all cars to come to a screeching halt?But, in hitting you (in the head, if your arguments in this thread are any indication), the truck driver’s responsibility is mitigated because you were violating the traffic law. If he had killed you, it would have been a tragedy (well, in a general sense anyway; your whining in this thread suggests it might have been a merciful act), but you would have been largely to blame for breaking the law.
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> I say all this as someone who makes a habit of jogging around my neighborhood, who cycles on the roads periodically, and who hates drivers that don’t share the road. I’m also willing to accept, simply because i’ve seen it happen before, that the driver in your story failed to look properly before exiting the property. But the fact is that those of us who use the roads as pedestrians and as cyclists (and no matter how much you bitch and moan, the two things are not the same) also have some responsibility to exercise caution and/or obey the law when we’re doing so. If you’re not obeying the law when you ride your bike, why should the guy in the car be held to a higher standard than you?

This entire statement is why this whole situation has just destroyed my faith in humanity.

Congratulations for being right.

Congratulations for wishing I was dead.

You’re clearly not going to stop unless I admit how lucky I am that the nice gentleman who hit me with his truck didn’t insist I call the cops so he can rub it in my face that he not only destroyed my bike but that he gets to see me spend money to buy a new one. All the while knowing just how right he was.

Feel free to ride your high horse into the sunset (but not on the sidewalk).

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