Sometimes We Win!

From the bostonfixed forum:

Today I love the SUV I ran into.

I am on Mass Ave., in the bike lane, near Porter Sq. There is a line of cars to my left stopped at a red light. Dude in line of traffic suddenly opens passenger side door to get out of. I’ve been biking around Boston for 20 years, and this was the closest I have ever come to getting doored. Freaked me the fuck out. I violently swerved to the right to avoid getting hit. I somewhat loose control, and the right end of my bullhorn hits against a SUV parked on the side of the road. It leaves a pretty nasty gouge/scratch in the side of SUV. I manage to come to upright stop, and see guy get out of the SUV and start screaming. I am thinking, “Oh great, I almost get doored and now this guy is going to have a hissy on me.” Then I start listening to what he is saying, “WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU? YOU DIDN’T EVEN LOOK WHEN YOU OPENED YOUR DOOR AND COULD HAVE KILLED THAT GUY ON THE BIKE! AND YOU CUASED HIM TO FUCK-UP THE SIDE OF MY CAR. (he then points to me) HE IS NOT PAYING THIS DAMAGE YOU ARE!” I was speechless. SUV-guy is NOT flipping out on me, but on the car-guy who almost doored me! Apparently SUV-guy had seen then whole thing happen in his driver-side rear view mirror (he was looking to see he could pull out into traffic). I watched them banter for a bit, and then rode off.

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Crash In Cambridge

Be careful out there people, got this report and picture set this morning.

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At the corner of Portland/ Broadway.
Biker was being taken away on a stretcher with a neck brace, Bike looked basically OK, but the whole back window of the Honda CRV was smashed in. Blood on the pavement, but not a lot. Looked like a witness was hanging around to talk to the police, who were there talking to the driver as well.

Bike had front and rear brakes (nice looking touring / road bike) Must have been a combo of bike going fast and car stopping short. Hope the guy is OK.

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Dear SUV Drivers…

…could you please handle your altercations without involving cyclists.

This insane story comes from the BU paper…hold onto your hats its as they say in the cinema, pretty fucked up. Read the entire story here.

A fit of road rage at the start of last night’s rush hour left windows in two SUVs smashed, one bicycle pinned under a car, and one cyclist lucky to have escaped uninjured.

A witness identifying himself only as Jerry, saying he feared for his life, says the driver of a sport utility vehicle jumped from his car and smashed the windows of the SUV directly in front him while both vehicles were stopped for a light at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Essex Street. He says the driver of the first vehicle at the light panicked, hit the gas, and ran over a bicycle in front of him as the cyclist managed to leap to safety.

The cyclist, Stephen Lee (CAS’10), says he feels lucky to be alive. He was so frightened, he says, that he doesn’t remember jumping from his bike.

Casey Graves (CAS’12) says the driver of the first SUV at the intersection honked repeatedly at a bicyclist, apparently hoping he would make room for an escape from the irate driver of the other vehicle. Graves says the two drivers smashed each other’s windows and threatened each other, one wielding a baseball bat and one an iron bar, until Boston Police arrived on the scene to end the altercation.

EDIT: These two idiots were eventually arrested…thank goodness.

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