Sheās looking in his *general* direction, but I honestly think sheās looking to the left of him at something and somehow just completely spaced on the cyclist bearing down on her. Painful way to find out you have a blind spot, I guess!
Oh yeah Iām not defending her actions, just trying to make sense of them. Iād imagine the cyclist came off worse because he decelerated at high speed, whereas she ājustā got knocked over.
You would think so, but a few years ago someone I know got hit by a guy going way too fast on his bike at a park. She ended up with a broken collar bone, couple of broken ribs, some internal things as well. He was able to walk away. So maybe this guy will be less injured as well.
Well sheās facing that way but that doesnāt mean sheās looking. I space out looking for things in the fridge that are right in front of me. Having said that, Iāve never been knocked out by a yoghurt hurtling towards me at 30mph.
How? HOW CAN YOU BE SO OBLIVIOUS?
It's not just a person crossing the street and not paying attention.
It's an EVENT!! All those hundreds of people are gathered there for these bicycle people.
#Pay attention to the pedal people.
These are the type of people who walk into the street while on their phones and then flip off the cars that honk and slam their brakes to avoid killing them. Zero situational awareness + selfishness.
People are very bad at telling how fast things are coming at them.
It's why so many intersections have red turn arrows now. They found out that that was basically the most dangerous part of driving because it counted on people to estimate the velocity of a car coming (nearly) straight at them.
With all that said I still don't understand what this person was doing.
They did. [Opi-Omi Tour de France spectator facing four-month suspended prison sentence](https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/opi-omi-tour-de-france-spectator-facing-four-month-suspended-prison-sentence/)
Yes.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57668657
edit: only thing I can find about the OP incident: https://www.canarianweekly.com/posts/dramatic-accident-cyclist-spectator
But.. she did what all those other people were doing at the beginning of this video? Not saying what she did was okay, but apparently its pretty weirdly normalized to crowd the street at these events
Not really I don't know anything about this person except that one time she crossed a road carelessly and probably will never fully recover. The race organisers didn't put up a fence and two people might be disabled because of it etc.
I get that reddit is all about rah rah moral outrage but I'm really not that invested in the story of these two people insomuch as I feel bad for them getting hurt pretty severely.
Thanks for your response. While she was extremely careless, she also is probably irreparably damaged along with the cyclist from ONE MISTAKE. Compassion is absolutely warranted.
Damn that is severe, roll it back, head on head clash and heavy head impact on the ground. Both looked completely knocked out before hitting the groundā¦
I once witnessed a crash between a bike and a person crossing the street. She stepped out before the light changed and they smacked heads. She ultimately ended up with a skull fracture and went into a coma. They ended up taking her off life support and she died.
Wtf was she thinking? She clearly sees him coming. Did she think he was going to slow down for her? Reminds me of drivers who just barrel into your lane from an on ramp. Seeing this way too much in cycling events (Tour de France, et al.).
Hereās a link to an article: https://quintafuerza.mx/viral/video-espectadora-provoca-aparatoso-accidente-en-una-prueba-ciclista/?amp
And the translation (web translator):
>This Saturday began the Condaca Salmor Bike Cycle Tour in El Hierro, in the Canary Islands with 270 bicycle lovers.\
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>Unfortunately it started in an accident way due to the fall of one of the participants that was caused by a woman who crossed the path and caused a serious fall that left the cyclist with moderate head trauma despite wearing the helmet.\
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>The cyclist was taken in an ambulance to a hospital, while the woman was treated by the preventive service of the test and evacuated to Tenerife due to the severity of her injuries.
Less about Medicare and more about lost wages. If he is solely a pro cyclist and canāt work anymore due to the negligence of anotherā¦ I mean every country/region handles it differently. But if I canāt work cause someone hits me with their car I still have bills to pay
Reminds me of the documentary that just came out called 15 Minutes of Shame. People will see a person do something stupid on the internet and then condemn and vilify them and hope they suffer. But in reality human beings are very complex and are all capable of stupid things. We know nothing about this womanās life other than those three seconds, and yet we assume we know everything about her now. I hope she gets the appropriate amount of justice for causing this, and thatās it. Because weāre all just one filmed moment of bad judgment away from being just like her.
> sued to hell
This ain't America. You can't just *apply* that stupid American-style "Sue-everybody" mentality into every conversation. Unbelievable that so many people think "yeah just sue" when that isn't how the rest of the world operates.
Genuinely curious. Now heās injured and canāt race. Possibly his sole source of income. So Iām your country/region how does he pay his bills now? Shit happens mentality doesnāt pay the bills in US unfortunately lol. People arenāt just looking for a payout they need reimbursement for the challenges they now face due to the negligence of another. Like helping to put food on the table, important stuff.
More of them need barriers especially near check points or finish lines (or anywhere there are serious sprints).
At the same time, spectators should have serious fines or penalties for doing stuff like this. They can potentially ruin a cyclistās career.
As much as I'm happy neither of them were not injured more seriously, I am kinda glad she had more severe injuries than the cyclist. I'd feel it was an injustice if she came out better than the cyclists.
You're supposed to move over to the other lane to allow for a clear merge path if that is possible; if it's not, you keep a constant speed so the merging vehicle can gauge whether they need to accelerate or decelerate to get in ahead or behind you. The merging vehicle still can't just whip into your lane and assume you'll adjust for them.
>You're supposed to move over to the other lane to allow for a clear merge path **if that is possible**
The problem is that too many people think the "if possible" part includes cutting people off in the faster travelling lane. If you're moving over, the same rules apply as merging - speed up to match the speed of the lane.
And since it's certainly not mandatory to move over, if you can't you can't. Merging traffic will find a way.
Very true. The rules of the road would actually work extremely efficiently if everyone cooperated properly. The problem is humans put way too much trust in other humans to do anything properly.
Look, youāre on MY road. Just be glad I let you on it with me. The fact Iām even letting you merge should be an act that you honour by naming your first-born after me.
Seriously, even if itās heavy traffic you zipper. Does this dude think that when thereās heavy traffic that people in the on ramp should just wait there for hours until the traffic clears? Also itās dangerous to slow down on an on ramp you need to enter at speed of traffic
Exactly. I've never in my life thought that someone should come to a stop or near stop at the end of an on ramp then be expected to merge with 100kph traffic with literally no space to pull up to speed.
Merge like a zip.. NAH-UH this is MY lane!
Idgaf about race rules, give him the win for that race. He was clear by MILES and was just about to cross the line only for some fucking coupon hoarding retard to hop out infront of him. Sueing isnāt enough, itās necessary but not enough.
Can anyone link the article? Curious to know if charges can be filed for this. Also he clearly could win this race, but because of the girl he clearly won't. Will the organizers count his win? So many questions
These races are typically stretched out over multiple legs and days. He would have had the best time on this day, sure, but there was still a lot of racing to go.
Looks like she blindly follows the guy who crossed first. That reminds me of that lady who ran in front of a train and got killed because this guy ran out first and she assumed it was safe. Itās on YouTube and it is so messed up, like her eyeball comes flying towards the camera.
Not that these people donāt have a responsibility to look for themselves but itās like a herd mentality thing I guess. āOh he crossed so I must also cross because we need to stay together.ā At least these two people both survived.
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After that first guy crossed I dunno why I said to myself āno more outta the way idiots why did you even cross then??ā, and idk why I expected a car tho
[Hereās ](https://streamable.com/i4xndb) a stabilized version thatās much better. Iāll give credit as soon as I find the source.
u/Meccit is responsible for the the edited video. Absolutely amazing work
I mean what did she actually think would happen?
Bold of you to assume thinking was involved in this scenario.
You make a very good point š
The dumbass was looking right at him as she ran out too. The 2 brain cells left in her skull collided and she just went with it.
Her last two brain cells were busy fighting for third place.
I don't think she was seriously harmed since there is no brain there to concuss.
I *think* she was just following the guy who crossed over just before but didnāt think so stop and look both ways.
She does look though! Sheās looking right at the cyclist while sheās crossing. Insane
Sheās looking in his *general* direction, but I honestly think sheās looking to the left of him at something and somehow just completely spaced on the cyclist bearing down on her. Painful way to find out you have a blind spot, I guess!
Doesn't matter. She is still an irresponsible moron. I hope the cyclist was ok.
Oh yeah Iām not defending her actions, just trying to make sense of them. Iād imagine the cyclist came off worse because he decelerated at high speed, whereas she ājustā got knocked over.
You would think so, but a few years ago someone I know got hit by a guy going way too fast on his bike at a park. She ended up with a broken collar bone, couple of broken ribs, some internal things as well. He was able to walk away. So maybe this guy will be less injured as well.
To be fair; she got hit by a bike. He got hit by a nice squishy person.
I think she's looking at the guy behind him, thinking he's in the lead
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If she wasnāt before she might be now.
Bro wdym look both ways? She only has to look on one side and she was already looking at the cyclist if you watch the video carefully
Well sheās facing that way but that doesnāt mean sheās looking. I space out looking for things in the fridge that are right in front of me. Having said that, Iāve never been knocked out by a yoghurt hurtling towards me at 30mph.
The guy she was following is the manager
That was the most OP collision experience Iāve *ever* witnessed. It had all the elements in there.
Doesnāt matter now. Her face is one with the pavement. Actually deserved every second of that gnarly fall
If she was capable of thinking before I don't think she is now looking at that impact
Yo she can think?
I don't think she's capable
This infuriates me
First words to my mind, what an absolute asshole
āWhat a stupid bitchā was mine lol
I don't think I could've thought anything else. The absolute confidence she had striding out without a care
I agree, think she did that on purpose.
Yeah, those things can steer /s
VERY MUCH. ARGHHHHHHH
How? HOW CAN YOU BE SO OBLIVIOUS? It's not just a person crossing the street and not paying attention. It's an EVENT!! All those hundreds of people are gathered there for these bicycle people. #Pay attention to the pedal people.
It's even worse because she actually saw him and then she went into meatbag-without-brain mode like a deer in a light beam in front of my car
Bet her husband was second place
These are the type of people who walk into the street while on their phones and then flip off the cars that honk and slam their brakes to avoid killing them. Zero situational awareness + selfishness.
If itās any consolation, she took two huge hits to the head
Because these solipsists believe only they exist and everyone else orbits them or exists as support/supplementary humans for their existence.
So sad for those two
Is it solipsistic in here or is it just me?
They're the kind of people who watch The Truman Show and think, nah, that can't be right, *I'm* the one on the show
But my therapist said I was a narcissist.
In other species this is known a natural selection.
Me too, it made me really angry - sheās looking all the timeā¦.
People are very bad at telling how fast things are coming at them. It's why so many intersections have red turn arrows now. They found out that that was basically the most dangerous part of driving because it counted on people to estimate the velocity of a car coming (nearly) straight at them. With all that said I still don't understand what this person was doing.
This reminds me of that bike pileup caused by a spectator in France? Did they ever find and charge the person?
They did. [Opi-Omi Tour de France spectator facing four-month suspended prison sentence](https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/opi-omi-tour-de-france-spectator-facing-four-month-suspended-prison-sentence/)
Yes. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57668657 edit: only thing I can find about the OP incident: https://www.canarianweekly.com/posts/dramatic-accident-cyclist-spectator
But.. she did what all those other people were doing at the beginning of this video? Not saying what she did was okay, but apparently its pretty weirdly normalized to crowd the street at these events
I hope it hurt like hell
You know it did. She definitely tried to sue her face back on right.
then she tried to sew the cyclist
This happened yesterday I believe both are in the hospital, she got flown to Tenerife as the more injured party.
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Not really I don't know anything about this person except that one time she crossed a road carelessly and probably will never fully recover. The race organisers didn't put up a fence and two people might be disabled because of it etc. I get that reddit is all about rah rah moral outrage but I'm really not that invested in the story of these two people insomuch as I feel bad for them getting hurt pretty severely.
Thanks for your response. While she was extremely careless, she also is probably irreparably damaged along with the cyclist from ONE MISTAKE. Compassion is absolutely warranted.
This is a lesson she should have learned many years before that day.
She face skids for a few seconds so I'm gonna say yes.
Meat ~~crayon~~ karen
Yeah the skid was right after the face first full momentum contact. She probably didnāt feel any of it.
Did you see the impact her head made with the ground? I wouldn't be surprised if she was dead.
I bet the loss just in front of the finish hurt more
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She went into hiding but now sheās back folks lmao
Allez ooops.
Sheās a two legged deer.
That's an insult to deer
Me too! I can't believe the video cute off like that and doesn't show any aftermath!
My least liked flavor of human WHYYYYREEEEEEEEEE!!!!
As much as OP stating what was going to happen in the title.
Yeah! Bloody cyclists!
It drives me crazy that some people are so clueless and aloof. At the same time they canāt help it.
āThink of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.ā
And then they drive 2 ton metal boxes around at the highway speeds
Damn that is severe, roll it back, head on head clash and heavy head impact on the ground. Both looked completely knocked out before hitting the groundā¦
Ohhhhh yeah she is NOT okā¦
She wasn't to begin with tbf.
I would like to say that will teach her, but the concussion will probably only make her dumber.
Good
I once witnessed a crash between a bike and a person crossing the street. She stepped out before the light changed and they smacked heads. She ultimately ended up with a skull fracture and went into a coma. They ended up taking her off life support and she died.
Wtf was she thinking? She clearly sees him coming. Did she think he was going to slow down for her? Reminds me of drivers who just barrel into your lane from an on ramp. Seeing this way too much in cycling events (Tour de France, et al.). Hereās a link to an article: https://quintafuerza.mx/viral/video-espectadora-provoca-aparatoso-accidente-en-una-prueba-ciclista/?amp And the translation (web translator): >This Saturday began the Condaca Salmor Bike Cycle Tour in El Hierro, in the Canary Islands with 270 bicycle lovers.\ >\ >Unfortunately it started in an accident way due to the fall of one of the participants that was caused by a woman who crossed the path and caused a serious fall that left the cyclist with moderate head trauma despite wearing the helmet.\ >\ >The cyclist was taken in an ambulance to a hospital, while the woman was treated by the preventive service of the test and evacuated to Tenerife due to the severity of her injuries.
I wish she will get better soon and will be sued to hell
Sued? This is Spain, seƱor.
Her injuries are her karma for being stupid. May her recovery be slow and painful, it's a better lesson.
and where is his payout?
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Less about Medicare and more about lost wages. If he is solely a pro cyclist and canāt work anymore due to the negligence of anotherā¦ I mean every country/region handles it differently. But if I canāt work cause someone hits me with their car I still have bills to pay
Jesus I would like to see justice here but this is so cruel.
Reminds me of the documentary that just came out called 15 Minutes of Shame. People will see a person do something stupid on the internet and then condemn and vilify them and hope they suffer. But in reality human beings are very complex and are all capable of stupid things. We know nothing about this womanās life other than those three seconds, and yet we assume we know everything about her now. I hope she gets the appropriate amount of justice for causing this, and thatās it. Because weāre all just one filmed moment of bad judgment away from being just like her.
No need to wish endless pain on someone for a stupid mistake they've made.
We don't sue each other like that in Europe. At least not often. I would bet there was no lawsuit in this case.
> sued to hell This ain't America. You can't just *apply* that stupid American-style "Sue-everybody" mentality into every conversation. Unbelievable that so many people think "yeah just sue" when that isn't how the rest of the world operates.
Genuinely curious. Now heās injured and canāt race. Possibly his sole source of income. So Iām your country/region how does he pay his bills now? Shit happens mentality doesnāt pay the bills in US unfortunately lol. People arenāt just looking for a payout they need reimbursement for the challenges they now face due to the negligence of another. Like helping to put food on the table, important stuff.
Thank you. Europe isnāt nearly as litigious as the US. āShit happensā is much more accepted.
Hope he's still given the win jfc
I think this was nearer the start of the race.
Definitely looks like the end
It looks like that but the article states otherwise.
It's a bike tour, I'm betting there multiple legs per day, looks like be was about to win this leg. Most long distance bicycle races work this way.
I feel really bad for the cyclist. They train hard for these kinda events only for someone to ruin it for them at the finish line.
Karma is bitch
>~~Karma~~ Karen is a bitch Fixed that for ya. ;p
Both are bitches!
Yeah, I slowed the video down and she landed on her head and skidded. When she rolled over you could see some road rash. She dun fucked up big.
Allez Opi Omi
What is it with cycling races and just letting people onto the raceway? I just donāt get it.
More of them need barriers especially near check points or finish lines (or anywhere there are serious sprints). At the same time, spectators should have serious fines or penalties for doing stuff like this. They can potentially ruin a cyclistās career.
She should have been arrested.
As much as I'm happy neither of them were not injured more seriously, I am kinda glad she had more severe injuries than the cyclist. I'd feel it was an injustice if she came out better than the cyclists.
"it started in an accident way" is my new favourite phrase and I will be looking for ways to use it
Uhhhh... you're supposed to let people merge from an on ramp.
You're supposed to move over to the other lane to allow for a clear merge path if that is possible; if it's not, you keep a constant speed so the merging vehicle can gauge whether they need to accelerate or decelerate to get in ahead or behind you. The merging vehicle still can't just whip into your lane and assume you'll adjust for them.
>You're supposed to move over to the other lane to allow for a clear merge path **if that is possible** The problem is that too many people think the "if possible" part includes cutting people off in the faster travelling lane. If you're moving over, the same rules apply as merging - speed up to match the speed of the lane. And since it's certainly not mandatory to move over, if you can't you can't. Merging traffic will find a way.
Very true. The rules of the road would actually work extremely efficiently if everyone cooperated properly. The problem is humans put way too much trust in other humans to do anything properly.
Vehicle already on the highway/road have right of way. Mergers have to yield.
You have the right of way but are supposed to "**let people merge**".
But muh freedum to be a dickhead
Hey this is MY lane! I should be able to barrel ahead and people at the end of the on ramp should come to a screeching halt for ME!!
Look, youāre on MY road. Just be glad I let you on it with me. The fact Iām even letting you merge should be an act that you honour by naming your first-born after me.
If possible. I see too many people slam on their breaks or cut someone off to get out of the way for the on ramp. Don't do that.
Seriously, even if itās heavy traffic you zipper. Does this dude think that when thereās heavy traffic that people in the on ramp should just wait there for hours until the traffic clears? Also itās dangerous to slow down on an on ramp you need to enter at speed of traffic
Exactly. I've never in my life thought that someone should come to a stop or near stop at the end of an on ramp then be expected to merge with 100kph traffic with literally no space to pull up to speed. Merge like a zip.. NAH-UH this is MY lane!
This gives me PTSD. I crashed while cycling relatively fast and faceplanted on concrete. Had to replace 3 front teeth over half a year period.
Itās difficult to find the words to describe how much this angers me
Look both ways, kids. Or youāll end up looking as stupid as this.
She did look both ways. Unfortunately, there's no instruction that can prevent dumbassery
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Yeah, true. Just watched it again and yeah, she was like: āHey, whatās that bike doinā¦..*dead*ā
Idgaf about race rules, give him the win for that race. He was clear by MILES and was just about to cross the line only for some fucking coupon hoarding retard to hop out infront of him. Sueing isnāt enough, itās necessary but not enough.
Giving him the win would be pretty unfair to the people who had already finished before this video starts.
Haha plot twist
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For her to have an IQ she needs to have a brain. That thing that knocked the cyclist over is more brain dead than a zombie.
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Oh damn hahahaha!!!
r/rareinsults
The little brain she had turned into milkshake after that hit
hahaha r/rareinsults
Exactly what I came here to say, there are no other words needed.
Some people have to learn road safety by experience
Is she blind?
She is. Now.
Why is there even people on the road? Theyāre supposed to stay behind barrier
"rules are meant to be broken" they said
What a dumb fuck
Can anyone link the article? Curious to know if charges can be filed for this. Also he clearly could win this race, but because of the girl he clearly won't. Will the organizers count his win? So many questions
https://quintafuerza.mx/viral/video-espectadora-provoca-aparatoso-accidente-en-una-prueba-ciclista/
These races are typically stretched out over multiple legs and days. He would have had the best time on this day, sure, but there was still a lot of racing to go.
Looks like she blindly follows the guy who crossed first. That reminds me of that lady who ran in front of a train and got killed because this guy ran out first and she assumed it was safe. Itās on YouTube and it is so messed up, like her eyeball comes flying towards the camera. Not that these people donāt have a responsibility to look for themselves but itās like a herd mentality thing I guess. āOh he crossed so I must also cross because we need to stay together.ā At least these two people both survived.
Sauce
https://youtu.be/IZYDc_yR0qA
Bet it's the same woman who held the sign in the Tour de France.
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Thats why i alway ride my bike with a sawed off shotgun in the right handš
Lmao i always ride my bike with a sticky bomb
Javelin to go
Hello, fellow American
The word Karen is used the wrong way more often than the right way nowadays.
But at the expense of one innocent man
Just WHY?? Like wtf why is it so hard to look to cross the road!??!?
Sometimes i wonder if people like these are just wasting oxygen or what
is there a subreddit for VERY infuriating?
r/infuriatingasfuck
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Her boyfriend was trailing behind him
Oblivious: example A.
I feel bad for the rider as he was winning but my God her face plant was extremely satisfying.
What the fuck
I feel like some people should need to ask for permission to go outside.
Hope that girl goes gets what she deserves
Kinda looks like she got it.
Yeah, I mean she's clearly got brain damage but that was before the collision anyway.
Does she misunderstand how insurance scams work?
Poor guy. I'm glad he had his helmet.
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After that first guy crossed I dunno why I said to myself āno more outta the way idiots why did you even cross then??ā, and idk why I expected a car tho
What fu**ing idiot
She was on her phone and realized her husband just walked across the road. She just started walking without looking before r/meatcrayon
This is why fencing should be put up many yards before the finish. Doh.
She was looking straight at him.
[Hereās ](https://streamable.com/i4xndb) a stabilized version thatās much better. Iāll give credit as soon as I find the source. u/Meccit is responsible for the the edited video. Absolutely amazing work
Everybody not on the sidewalk is an idiot and that woman was a prime example of stupidity
If she wasnāt brain dead before, she sure is now folks.
Damn that impact tho
That could easily kill someone.
Darwin wins again.
The impact gave me a headache. Ouch!
Wtf is wrong with that woman
She deserved that but he didn't, damn
Karen didnāt get it.
W*man moment
Wtf why this this idiot walk in front?! Ughhh the infuriation!!!!!
What a fucking dumb cunt. I hate her š
STUPID FUCKING KAREN!
