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<\/a><\/p>\nWe were driving along the street when we came along one of these weird dremples (speed bumps) with the pole next to it.\u00a0 The reddish lane is a bicycle lane, but this old-ish lady in a schooter was sat in that lane chatting with her two friends (the two on the right in the blue).<\/p>\n
The biker WAS in the bicycle lane, but because the woman was blocking the way, he swerved out to go around the pole on the OTHER side, then I don\u2019t know if he realized he knew them or what, but he stopped \u2013 DEAD, like, on a dime.<\/p>\n
Xander, assuming he was continuing on was driving along like normal behind him and had to slam on the break, just stopping in time before hitting him, and the guy was REALLY angry.\u00a0 He came to the window giving Xander crap about how he is supposed to stop AT ALL TIMES if someone is at a crosswalk, on and on and on.\u00a0 The old bitch in the scooter kept giving her two cents as well, the entire time she was yelling and getting in the middle of it all.\u00a0 The biker was at my window, so I had him and Xander yelling at each other on either side of me, far too fast for me to follow properly or get my own<\/em> two cents in, so all I could do was yell at her to STFU and let them sort it out.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the problem.\u00a0 He was NOT stopping to cross the crosswalk, he was on a bike and the crosswalk leads to the tram on the left.\u00a0 He stopped dead because he recognized the people and started talking to them\u2026 so he wasn\u2019t in the cross walk because he was going to use it, he stopped in a cross walk to talk to the people who were next to it.\u00a0 He was also still ON his bike, and if I\u2019m not mistaken that\u2019s not supposed to be the case either.\u00a0 If he is crossing a crosswalk as a pedestrian he should be getting OFF his bike and walking it across.. OR continue on and cross at the intersection.<\/p>\n Everyone around him (ie\u2026 his FRIENDS) were telling him oh yes you were right you were right, but I don\u2019t see how this is right at all!<\/p>\n First of all, he should have stayed in the bike lane where he belonged.\u00a0 By coming out onto where we were he was essentially switching lanes and you don\u2019t switch lanes and then stop DEAD in front of the cars behind you.\u00a0\u00a0 This all goes back to the old bitch sitting in the middle of the bicycle path and not moving.\u00a0 It\u2019s her fault really\u2026<\/p>\n Anyway, he was convinced that it was Xander\u2019s fault basically because \u201cI am on a bike and I am at a crosswalk therefor whatever happens it is your fault!\u201d, surely that can\u2019t be right.\u00a0 I mean I know the law falls largely on the side of the cyclist but it can\u2019t be that cut and dry, can it!?\u00a0 Wouldn\u2019t the fact that he not only swerved out in front of traffic, leaving the designated bicycle lane and was ON his bike stopping in a crosswalk he wasn\u2019t even going to USE, rather just to chat to people on the sidewalk matter?!!<\/p>\n UGH sometimes I hate people.\u00a0 As we drove away I fantasized about all the things I would have loved to do, like pushing him off his bike and then beating mouthy scooter bitch with it, throwing him in front of a tram, you know\u2026 the usual in need of anger management type of stuff you feel after those kinds of situations.\u00a0 I swear, if I had been more confident with the language and a little less shocked about the whole thing, he would have wished Xander just ran him over and killed him to spare him the pain of my wrath.<\/p>\n So, what is your opinion?\u00a0 Was Xander totally at fault here simply because he was the one in the car, or does the cyclist also have some ownership in the situation?\u00a0 I\u2019m really curious what would have been decided by the police if Xander actually HAD hit the guy\u2026 the fact that Xander could have been found to be completely at fault BAFFLES me. BAFFLES!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rant incoming! It\u2019s about people, and how they suck\u2026 and the rules of the road in the Netherlands that I just don\u2019t understand! 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