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I imagine it would go something like "park the car, get out and see if the person needs medical attention...apologize profusely and offer to pay for any damages to the bike."
What do you do, though, if the guy on the bike immediately gets up and starts flipping you the bird and screaming obscenities at you through your car window? This didn't happen to me, it happened to the person in front of me in the line of cars trying to get out of the parking garage after choir rehearsal last night. Furthermore, the guy on the bike was riding the wrong way down a one-way street, at night, with no lights or helmet, wearing dark clothing. In his "defense", he was by all appearances homeless, which would probably help explain the insanity. Talk about your uncomfortable situations. In the end the car in front of me just drove of, and I drove off as well once crazy dude picked his bike up and rode off. Let's imagine that the guy was actually hurt, though? What would the law say? Would the driver be ticketed, or liable for the damages? Or would it be the cyclist's fault? I'm one of those guys who believe in "give bikes the right", but I also believe that cyclists better follow the rules if they want that right. Update [2008-3-20 12:51:4 by riceowlguy]:Interestingly, this was on MetaFilter this morning.
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