Who's at fault?

[fossyant]

Where was @classic33 ? The driver, the rider or the pedestrian ?

 

[classic33]

Is this just a poor attempt to resurrect the Tooting left hook discussion with an imaginatively created scenario, or has this 'incident' been witnessed and is the issue of fault (and presumably liability) being debated?

I only ask because, while I am sure such things do happen, this sounds a bit too much like a hypothetical situation with a perfect mix of complications and conundrums to be true.

IMO it was Colonel Mustard in the library with the spanner.....

Witnessed in the town centre, two weeks ago tomorrow.

Bikes being ridden through the same junction against the flow of traffic is too common. As is drivers ignoring the "No Motor Vehicles", except Buses & Taxis sign, to take a short cut.

 

[classic33]

Where was @classic33 ? The driver, the rider or the pedestrian ?

Near the junction the bike had just been ridden through.

Had I been the driver, I don't think there'd have been anything else on the road.

 

[fossyant]

All I'd say is the insurance company would have had fun. Probably 50-50 settlement.

 

[Beebo]

If this really did happen the person at fault is the cyclist.
The pedestrian is not to blame even if looking at their phone.
If the car was being driven within the law, other than not being a permitted vehicle then they are not at fault either. Just because they weren’t supposed to be there doesnt really matter. They were there to be seen, so should be seen and avoided. What if the car was a taxi? They wouldn’t be at fault then.
The cyclist was not in control of their bike, pulling a wheelie going the wrong way through a pedestrian crossing.

 

[Paulus]

Whoever either gave the bike to the lad, sold the bike to the lad, or, didn't lock the bike up properly so the lad could pinch it.

 

[Baldy]

Society's to blame!

 

[screenman]

Brexit.

 

[vickster]

Professor Plum in the dining room with the candlestick

 

[Kryton521]

You're all wrong! It was Miss Scarlet, in the lavatory with the hose pipe.......

 

[Beebo]

You're all wrong! It was Miss Scarlet, in the lavatory with the hose pipe.......

What was she doing? Unblocking the drains?

 

[potsy]

Where was @classic33 ? The driver, the rider or the pedestrian ?

Classic was the pedestrian, Accy the driver and racing roadkill the cyclist!

 

[Moon bunny]

Was there a bell on the bike?

 

[Drago]

Classic was the pedestrian, Accy the driver and racing roadkill the cyclist!

It couldn't be my homie Accy. No mention of a dirty mac falling undone at an inoppotune moment.

 

[Kestevan]

Was there a bell on the bike?

Only the end of one by the sound of it.