Safety Quiz - Struck by Car
This question was inspired by today's bike ride. No injuries, but I glanced off a front bumper today on the way home.
I learned a few things that might come in handy later on whether or not this makes it into the Safety Quiz.
Question: Crossing a major road in the crosswalk serving a multi-use trail, you are glancingly struck but not injured by a motorist talking on a cell phone who encroached into the crosswalk. The motorist flees the scene but you got the tag and called 9-1-1. Which is the best statement?
- Since there are no injuries and no damages to the bike, the officer can only look for the driver. No report will be made.
- Because the cyclist was in the crosswalk, the motorist will be charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian in the crosswalk.
- Officer will be willing to call an ambulance if you need one and is sympathetic, but does not hold out hope of finding the car's owner because you got the tag wrong.
- Since the driver was talking on the phone without a hands-free headset, the officer can make this charge against the driver.
- This just goes to show that multi-use trails are most dangerous where they intersect with traffic. Drivers don't expect cyclists in the crosswalk.
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posted by Jett @ 6:49 PM
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4 Comments:
In the real world, A.
I'm afraid A is probably the likely outcome.
Posting again and bike commuting again soon. Here's a link to the Checkpoint Zero race. It's going to be about 120 miles, 30 hour race the weekend of March 8th. http://www.checkpointtracker.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.showDashboard&eventID=127 My current team is 'Need Council-ing' but that may be changing or merging with another team.
You guys are good. 'A' is what happened.
But, that's not the whole story. Under Georgia law and City of Atlanta ordinances, only one of the answers is not true.
Can you tell which one is not true?
I think A, is technically not true. I believe that officers are required to make a report in such situations.
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