MilesbeforeIsleep Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 (edited) I'll let this YT video explain. Not a happy outcome. This is a legit report by a legit attorney. Edited June 20, 2019 by MilesbeforeIsleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Amazing! Thanks for posting. How does that Texas university teach ethics, art or journalism? What an example they show their students! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 That’s just about as good as a case here recently in which a cyclist who knocked over a woman who stepped out into the road while looking at her phone was deemed to have been held responsible. Cyclists must always be aware of unpredictable events, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isphoto Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Thanks for sharing, It's just a shame that the judge was not as pragmatic as this guy, this ruling WILL have far reaching ramifications Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 11 hours ago, Sally said: That’s just about as good as a case here recently in which a cyclist who knocked over a woman who stepped out into the road while looking at her phone was deemed to have been held responsible. Cyclists must always be aware of unpredictable events, apparently. Yes that is a crazy ruling I think. Expect people to start jumping out in front of cyclists and trying to claim. Third party insurance for cyclists may be essential. Will cyclicide become the latest craze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starsphinx Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 To be fair the judge in the cyclist's case found the responsibility to be 50/50 - but as she is suing and he isn't she gets half the compensation it would have been if he had been totally at fault. As to why she should get any at all is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizBrown Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 23 hours ago, Sally said: That’s just about as good as a case here recently in which a cyclist who knocked over a woman who stepped out into the road while looking at her phone was deemed to have been held responsible. Cyclists must always be aware of unpredictable events, apparently. When I rode bicycles for fitness and commuting, I had a couple of close calls because the driver or pedestrian saw a bicycle coming and mentally calculated that my speed was something like 7 mph rather than 20 mph. In some neighborhoods in the US and here in Nicaragua, stepping in front of traffic to play insurance roulette is a thing already. My brother was just behind a pickup truck that a kid darted into. We'd seen kids running dangerously close to cars when he was taking me to work. The accident happened when he was driving home. A big payoff for the kid and or his family, no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panthera tigris Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 The ruling aside... He charges $16,000 to licence one of his images. Wow. He has found his niche ;+) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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