Saw runner hit by car this morning

dontgetit wrote:

bottom line for me is i never ever have understood why people always gotta have that shite in their ears - part of the joy of running for me is the peace and quiet

chill dude, not everyone runs for the peace and quiet. and even more of us would prefer to drown out being yelled at by assholes driving by

I run with an Ipod, because for me, running is a form of dance. Music completes the experience, occasionally drives it. But I wear them on trails, track and paths only, they come off when I'm on the street.

Last Lap wrote:

I run with an Ipod, because for me, running is a form of dance.

ha ha ha. Sorry, but this reminded me of an NPR Tech Nation story where there was this guy who was teaching people how to describe their PhD dissertations through interpretive dance. He had received a PhD in astrophysics. At the time, just the thought had me in hysterics. Now you brought it all back.

I know I was just being sarcastic. I know it wasn't my fault but the guy was trying to get out of trouble and was trying to blame me.

I saw a guy on a motorcycle get wiped out by a pickup truck when I was out on a run years ago in Athens, Ga. He turned left in front of the truck. Died later at the hospital. A shocking thing to see, indeed. We definitely weren't made to be hit by cars.

Lobstah chowda wrote:

Joggers wear ipods. Runners have more sense.

Thank you! End of thread.

F-ing joggers.

5/10, only because so many people were duped into reading and responding to this thread.

Was there a news article online anywhere on the OP incident?

Please post a link if you have one.

This is one of my favorite threads in a long time because it addresses a topic we all deal with daily – trying to keep alive while running. “Healthy paranoia” is the best approach and the one I have developed over the years. When running against traffic, as I approach a stopped car who’s trying to make a right turn and thus looking left and away from me, I have also made it a policy to go behind the car. Generally speaking. Sometimes it’s actually more dangerous to go behind them, though. Especially when there are multiple lanes of traffic and cars are slowing from high rates of speed (such as freeway exit ramps). Because then you’ve really gotta watch the next lane as you cross way behind the crosswalk. A few weeks ago I crossed in front of a woman who was completely stopped but looking left. As soon as I got squarely in front of her, she started rolling into me (slowly). I banged on her hood and you should have seen her jump! It was pretty hilarious. She totally deserved it. The car behind her started honking (presumably at me) for getting in the way during their precious opening in the traffic.

You iPod defenders are delusional. Even at low volume, you still have basically ear plugs in. How does that make you safer? Case in point, the women who jump like cats when you pass them (even after a vocal warning). God that is annoying. Sometimes they even yell at me for being such an a$shole passing them so quickly and “silently”.

Only 85% retarded ?

Eye contact is good, but I remember one time when out running I approached and intersection, the light was red and I had the cross signal. There were two cars in the right line, I looked at the first car to make sure he was not going to go right on red and hit me and made eye contact. I then started in front of him when out of the corner of my eye I catch the police car that was behind him whipping around the first car so he could blow the light and make a right turn (incredibly illegal right turn from the left lane). I stopped, then the cop saw me and stopped (I think he still would have hit me though), then the cop just took off. No lights, no siren, just didn't want to wait through the light. You should have seen the look on the guys face who was sitting there are the light. I continued across and on my run, a couple miles down I stopped at the police station and reported him. Of course they had all kinds of excuses about a domestic incident and they can't use sirens, blah blah blah. I didn't even bother filing a report because I didn't get the car number and I knew I wouldn't win. I just told them to maybe talk to the guy and tell him to take it easy.

just a bit of followup on my original post. i have to be honest, i was a bit shaken up myself watching that guy get plowed and then being one of the first people on the scene to see the aftermath. i called the police dept as well as the likely hospital that he would have been taken to, and i can't get any information. like i said, i highly doubt that he survived that. now, just in the last 2 days, i've noticed this horrible behavior by runners/joggers and especially cyclists. there is absolutely zero respect for traffic laws. again, i have been guilty of this multiple times as well. it has made me step back and realize that my cavalier approach could have put me in this similar situation. use your heads, folks. i know that my way of thinking has drastically changed.

What is this, I don't even...

Feel sorry for the guy, of course, but the moral of the story...

DON'T RUN WITH AN iPOD!!!!!!!!

LIKE THAT'LL DO ANY GOOD...

turnlander wrote:

Would being attacked by a moose be similar to being hit by a car? Just wondering because I nearly got hit by a car once.

A moose hit my sister once.

Silverback wrote:

A moose hit my sister once.

mind you, moose hits Kan be pretty nasti

on topic...

Yesterday I was driving down the street with my (non-runner) girlfriend and a guy was running the opposite way down the middle of our residential street. She started to say what a jerk he was until I told her how it is far, far safer to run down the middle of the street than on sidewalks, particularly at dusk or night. Reaction time is much greater, people just aren't conditioned to look at the crosswalks when at intersections and, especially, do not look at the sidewalks when pulling out of driveways. Not to mention, asphalt is much more forgiving on joints and legs than concrete.

I've never run with an iPod/walkman/etc but I suppose if you have to do it you'd better be damned sure your head is on a swivel. Personally, I have enough trouble "zoning out" during my runs as it is, I couldn't imagine another layer of distraction between me and (potential) death/dismemberment.

Silverback wrote:

A moose hit my sister once.

I bet her a$$ is pretty sore.