I don’t have bad luck, I’ve just walk a lot in the last 40 years; 2 of the scooter and one of the bicycles happened on pedestrian streets and the riders were making eye contact with me. Guess they though I would move. They thought wrong and didn’t account that I stable base when about to get hit.
The last scooter hit was in a blind corner, but low speed, so I was able the hug the guy to stop him from falling (skill I learned on the blind corners of the LG metro stop when two trains roll in simultaneously). The last bicycle hit has someone riding on a sidewalk assuming I’d move onto the road for them while jogging. I didn’t move for them, and they miscalculated the physics of about 300N the edge of their handlebars.
For the cars, one was a driver hopping a curb, knocking me into a park. Cop said they wouldn’t follow up because I didn’t have a plate. One was a car turning right on red when I had a pedestrian walk signal, cop said RtOR is legal so I should have been looking out for the car. Last one was a plow pick-up backing into a crosswalk (and me) to turn around; while I had a plate and a witness that time, cops said their investigation couldn’t confirm the truck hit me, I might have just slipped on the ice.
You’ll also notice that 5/6 low speeds i could have avoided, but chose not to, while i had 0 agency in all three car collisions.
The carving space out of the Commons part means we should be segregating bikes and scooters from pedestrians, but at the cost of car space, not sidewalk.
I’ve been hit as a pedestrian that many times.
I don’t have bad luck, I’ve just walk a lot in the last 40 years; 2 of the scooter and one of the bicycles happened on pedestrian streets and the riders were making eye contact with me. Guess they though I would move. They thought wrong and didn’t account that I stable base when about to get hit.
The last scooter hit was in a blind corner, but low speed, so I was able the hug the guy to stop him from falling (skill I learned on the blind corners of the LG metro stop when two trains roll in simultaneously). The last bicycle hit has someone riding on a sidewalk assuming I’d move onto the road for them while jogging. I didn’t move for them, and they miscalculated the physics of about 300N the edge of their handlebars.
For the cars, one was a driver hopping a curb, knocking me into a park. Cop said they wouldn’t follow up because I didn’t have a plate. One was a car turning right on red when I had a pedestrian walk signal, cop said RtOR is legal so I should have been looking out for the car. Last one was a plow pick-up backing into a crosswalk (and me) to turn around; while I had a plate and a witness that time, cops said their investigation couldn’t confirm the truck hit me, I might have just slipped on the ice.
You’ll also notice that 5/6 low speeds i could have avoided, but chose not to, while i had 0 agency in all three car collisions.
The carving space out of the Commons part means we should be segregating bikes and scooters from pedestrians, but at the cost of car space, not sidewalk.
That’s wild I’m sorry that’s happened to you so many times and that the cops have been so shitty about it. Thanks for the explanation.
I’m big, so id rather it happen to me than someone else.