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I see bellends like this in Huddersfield fairly regularly. Whislt their wheelies are impressive, their IQ's are less so.

It's ok, folk don't see them as cyclists, just idiots

"Contains some upsetting scenes"

The car potentially getting scratched?

Still better wheelie skills than mine 😆

Even though he didn't die can we make a monument out of loads of old crap which we will leave at the roadside while his mates talk about a fallen soldier as they make funny pointy finger gestures to the camera.
#ridefree

So did he win the game?

Was hoping the little turd was going to have more injuries. Am disappointed.

I hope the car driver can claim off the lad for damages to their car.

Being a good driver is not about anticipating the expected, it's about anticipating the unexpected.

The driver was going too fast considering the fact there was a gaggle of kids coming towards her (I think it's a her) on both sides of the road. In that situation you should really come to a complete stop.

Kids are stupid, expect it.

Brucewee +1

Might be missing something but that driver had ages to see someone riding directly towards their car and didn't react at all. Yeah, the kid was stupid, but the car driver is equally culpable for driving into something they could easily have avoided by gently slowing to a halt.

Kids are stupid, expect it.

I was never the brightest kid but even I knew you didn't do a wheelie in front a ton of metal doing 30 mph.

I was never the brightest driver but even I knew if you see a bunch of kids on both sides of the road you don't keep doing 30 mph in your ton of metal.

Did I mention anywhere about still doing 30mph? I was referring to your comment of kids are stupid expect it so **** off on yer high horse.

That's so weird, my girlfriend just told me to **** off as well. Are you on your period too?

I might be as I seem to be talking to a bloody ****.

Heh. One of you is Ling, and the other Geordie Mick.
And I claim my £500+vat.

Fair play, good comeback.

Myself, I like to talk to folk on here the same way I would if I met them in the pub. The mountain biking community is actually pretty small and you never know when you might meet the person face to face.

If I told someone to **** off or called them a **** I would feel like I had to say the same thing to them in person that I said from behind the keyboard. I wonder how I would do that. Would I be all chest out, saying it full of confidence, ready whatever the consequences no matter how big the guy was or how crazy he looked? Or would I say it quietly and hope that it didn't kick anything off? Or would I try to pass it off as a joke and hope my winning personality would see me through the day?

Anyway, that's why I don't tell anyone to **** off or call them a **** on internet forums.

That escalated quickly.

Yep! I don’t really agree with online shouting matches like that, but I’d agree that while the idiot kid on bike pretty much deserved an accident assuming no threatening injuries which no one ever deserves, from a driving point of view it’s completely equivalent to the situation everyone saw in their driving test where a ball rolls out into the road between parked cars. The kid was stupid but the driver was unsafe or inattentive also.

Kuco - Member

I might be as I seem to be talking to a bloody ****.

mates talk about a fallen soldier

Round this way they would call them a "solja". To be fair, kuco's description of a can't would probably fit as well.

Edit: apparently my phone is too polite to let me type ****

[quote=teethgrinder ]Heh. One of you is Ling, and the other Geordie Mick.
And I claim my £500+vat.

Chapeau

and could retort to the casual sexism

Utter crap. I was never the brightest kid but even I knew you didn't do a wheelie in front a ton of metal doing 30 mph.

If you can manage to figure out that you weren't the brightest, surely it's not a huge leap to figure out that you probably also weren't the daftest?

Depending on what the area is like, you might not come to a stop for fear of an ambush.

I can't believe she had NO idea that her kid was that stupid.

Maybe she's equally as stupid.

If some stupid little shit damaged my car I'd be pursuing the parents...

That kid was a dick, but thats their job.
Whoever was driving the car must be a bloody psycho, why on earth would you think it was ok to ram a kid on a bike even if they were in your way.

There is absolutely no excuse for anyone in a car hitting a visible kid on a bike.

Not only should you expect the unexpected, but you should expect the totally irrational.

When in doubt stop.

Darwinism at it's finest.

There is absolutely no excuse for anyone in a car hitting a visible kid on a bike.

Not only should you expect the unexpected, but you should expect the totally irrational.

When in doubt stop.

Totally agree. A guy carved across me to turn left at a roundabout close enough that my tyre rubbed on his rear tyre!. I managed to catch up with him and he said he had no option as he was going left. When I told him his best option was to just stop he couldn't believe that is what he could have done.

Whoever was driving the car must be a bloody psycho, why on earth would you think it was ok to ram a kid on a bike even if they were in your way.

Slight bit of devil's advocacy but it's possible she's still looking at the group of kids to her right or maybe looking in the mirror at them and just missed the guy still coming towards her.

That said, if I saw a group coming towards me like that I'd be wanting to get my car as far off the road as possible and she should have slowed/stopped or pulled over onto the kerb. That's what she'd have done if a lorry was coming towards her!

There is absolutely no excuse for anyone in a car hitting a visible kid on a bike.

There is absolutely no excuse for anyone in a car hitting a visible kid on a bike.

Was the car still moving by the time the kid rode into it?

You don't see the kid in shot until he is right in front of the car. Before then he may have been on the pavement, may have been riding towards the pavement, or may have been on his own side of the road. Who knows.

I think its harsh to blame the car driver, but I agree they probably could of avoided it.

From the Mothers original post, it seems the idiots, were playing a game of swerve. Where they deliberately swerve into and out of the path of moving cars. hence the drivers apparent lack of reaction.
The Mother has also said she will pay for all damages to the car.
Also my parents only had an inkling of how stupid i was. Peer pressure and group mentality have a lot to answer for.
However when we were stupid we tried to keep it to ourselves and not endanger others!

I think its harsh to blame the car driver, but I agree they probably could of avoided it.

Not enough there to be able to tell but lets just gree with th ekids mum who thinks they are to blame

Every time I see a kid popping a wheelie I wanna push them over... mainly cos I can't do them yet!

Also my parents only had an inkling of how stupid i was [/quote}

Mine too. To this day they still haven't a clue what I got up to. And I am glad they were like that as I had a very enjoyable child hood.

I was better at wheelies than that kid though and would have easily avoided the car...

 

As if the video will act as a "warning" to kids (or anyone!).
"Don't ride into a car" is the warning yeah? Well **** me! I never realised that! 😆

I fairly often see kids riding around, doing wheelies, saw one charging down the bus lane couple of days ago. Always makes me smile. I definitely slow down if it looks like they might get in my way. Obviously there are 1000s of drivers that wouldn't because they are more important than kids being kids. Maybe they haven't got kids so don't care about them. What can you do eh?

Most of us have done stupid things as kids. The problem is when the kid is not a kid anymore but hasn't shown any sign of the inherent stupidity diminishing.

As if the video will act as a "warning" to kids (or anyone!).

It might demonstrate potential consequences though, which is what younger people have trouble understanding.

What? A few bruises? Great warning.