I was driving me in my car, discussing an important business matter on a busy downtown street on my cell phone. I noticed my reception was bad, but got a whole lot better when I drove beside a bicycle messenger. He seemed freaked out by the proximity of my car, which was at least a few feet away at all times. He got so distracted he crashed into the side of a parked car. He is now suing me for reckless driving, but I feel innocent and he should have not worried about me. BTW, I closed the deal on the phone call. Any thoughts on this? I appear in small claims court tommorow. I feel that the 2 foot buffer zone was sufficient. We were only going 40 mph...tops...
2006-09-11 08:15:02 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I hate your kind. I DO NOT yak and drive. It IS your fault and I hope the messenger dude gets the maximum! HANG UP AND DRIVE!!!!!!!!!
2006-09-11 08:20:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
it depends on laws--first is it legal for you to be on the phone while driving? 2nd, was there a bike lane? if not, was he in his own lane keeping with the flow of traffic? if so, then there is no fault on your part .. if he was riding in a lane, with the flow, or speed limit, then he has to obey the same laws as a person driving a car. But either way, if he was riding a bicycle 40 mph and he wasn't paying attention to the road and vehicles ahead of him, then he is at fault--it wouldn't matter if you were on a phone, or a big breasted woman wearing a bikini while driving--fact is he was paying attention to you, not where he was going--but my opinion in no way condones you driving while on a cell--that is wrong and should be a law in all states--i lost a very close cousin to a driver on a cell phone who was trying to redial a number when a signal was lost, and didnt see the stop sign or my cousin walking legally in the crosswalk and plowed into her at 45 mph.....and is currently walking the streets a free person prolly still on the fu**ing phone in her car---however the law works for the criminal in some cases, and if your story is completely true then it looks like the law will work for your sorry a** too....
2006-09-11 09:08:41 · answer #2 · answered by silvermaiden4u 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What in your pathetic life is so important that you need to be yakking on the phone endangering everyone around you? If it was really important you could have pulled over and talked on the phone. Idiots talking on cell phones while driving are a threat to society. I hope he sues the hell out of you.
Self-important imbiciles like you are exactly what's wrong with this country. You go hustling through life expecting everyone else to make room for you. You go plowing through people like you're some kind of giant bowling ball and everyone else is so many human bowling pins. Screw everyone else but God forbid something get in the way of your greedy plutocratic *** closing a business deal. I hope he also sues the hell out of the guy you were talking to.
2006-09-11 10:25:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Never ever drive near a pedestrian (a person riding a bike is considered a pedestrian) , why would you even drive near the poor guy?( good reception is not an excuse). They always have the right of way. 40 miles per hour is fast. I think the court will be on his side. -you are using your phone while you are driving, and you didnt give a bigger distance allowance for the messenger.
2006-09-11 08:23:34 · answer #4 · answered by Keepingmycool 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
was there a bicycle lane? what are the laws where you live about cell phones? what are the laws about bikes ont he road? if you were going 40 mph and he could keep up -- he might have been the one riding reckelssly.
personally i would be discussing business while driving - it is distracting to your driving, no matter how much you think it isn't.
2006-09-11 08:18:52 · answer #5 · answered by Marysia 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it's against the law to do that in your area, you're screwed. I think the bicyclist was freaked out by seeing that, because it is one of the leading causes of accidents nowadays. That, unfortunately, caused hm to have an accident of his own. Technically, you weren't at fault, but being on the phone while driving...
You might want to invest in a hands free system when you get a chance. Good Luck!
2006-09-11 08:21:59 · answer #6 · answered by dct1218 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i'm 13 and that i've got had a cell telephone considering that 4th grade (age 9). I do think of that it rather is mandatory to have a telephone while you're in a subject the place the two certainly one of your mum and dad paintings, like me. My mom initially have been given me a telephone on the age of 9 for emergencies and because the two certainly one of my mum and dad paintings. i think of that having a cell telephone as a newborn is important presently, however the extra issues that youngsters do like severe texting and social media are surely no longer mandatory.
2016-11-07 02:59:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to say this but you were totally and completely wrong to involve this rider in your business deal. How rude. How self centered. How scary for this person to be hounded by a moving vehicle to the point of having an accident. You should be ashamed of yourself. What if it was someone you cared about that was being followed like that (wife, girlfriend, brother, sister, child, etc)? Would you think it was an ok thing for someone else to do to them? Think about it, and maybe you will see that your were totally inappropriate. Take your losses and learn a valuable lesson from it.
2006-09-11 08:45:57 · answer #8 · answered by eagfan5 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just to let you know...it is considered wreckless driving if you are talking on the phone while driving. How is it possible for a bicycle messenger to be going 40 mph anyways? You should have common sense, your just forgetting to use it.
2006-09-11 08:54:22 · answer #9 · answered by nt2shbby1 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think you're an idiot for believing that you're justified. Two feet is nothing on a bicycle... and hang up your gd phone!!! What ESLE did you cause while you were driving that you weren't even aware of??? And no, I don't care whether you closed the deal or not!
2006-09-11 08:41:45 · answer #10 · answered by Angela M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should have pulled over to the side of the road and made your deal parked and safe rather than making a bike messanger nervous enough to worry more about you and your driving than the parked car in front of him.
2006-09-11 08:22:25 · answer #11 · answered by mom of girls 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋