Who is at fault here?

[Impressed]

Looks pretty obvious to me.

If the cyclist could not see the car his view must have been blocked by a van or something. Therefore the Z driver would have no chance of seeing him.

 

Viral video of crash between cyclist and car sparks debate about who is to blame (msn.com)

 

[HEADPHONES]

Zed had no chance of seeing the cyclist.

Cyclist had every opportunity to stop between the stationary cars and slowly peek out.

Same if I was crossing the road on foot.

Only a Joey would run between without looking!

[marzman]

 

5 minutes ago, HEADPHONES said:

Zed had no chance of seeing the cyclist.

Cyclist had every opportunity to stop between the stationary cars and slowly peek out.

Same if I was crossing the road on foot.

Only a Joey would run between without looking!

 

Joey. Not heard that in years! 

[Impressed]

Ok I must be a bit slow, who is Joey?

Does the 370z have the bonnet pedestrian protection things? if so they did not appear to trigger.

I think the bonnet is supposed to lift to deflect the pedestrian over the windscreen.

[Kieran O'Quick]

Either the thick character from Friends/Topgear or, given that its Australia, a young Kangaroo...  or some slang for something else? An immature boomer...

 

Can't see any of the road markings where the crash is so who knows? Never good to trust a crossing though...

 

 

Edited March 22, 2021 by Kieran O'Quick

[Umster]

One of the people in this scenario was driving their vehicle perpendicular to the flow of traffic. 

 

If you want to CROSS the road, you find a safe and sensible place and go over by foot. 

[The Bounty Bar Kid]

Cyclist is an idiot. End of thread 

[Willsy1980]

Yeah, gonna go 100% cyclists fault. 

[docwra]

On 22/03/2021 at 20:38, Impressed said:

Ok I must be a bit slow, who is Joey?

 

Joey Deacon, you have to be of a certain age to remember him.

He was a spastic (correct term at time) who appeared on Blue Peter a few times after writing an autobiography with some of his mates - he wasnt able to talk or write - and became the go-to insult for a generation of schoolkids. Was actually a heartwarming story, think you can still find clips on YT. 

Its definitely a legacy, not sure whether a proud one or not though

Oh, and cyclists fault but didnt even have to check the video to know that

[DoogyRev]

1 hour ago, docwra said:

Joey Deacon, you have to be of a certain age to remember him.

 

 

Now there is a term I have not heard for a very long time, I guess I am of a certain age  😂

[Sim]

19 minutes ago, DoogyRev said:

 

Now there is a term I have not heard for a very long time, I guess I am of a certain age  😂

Same here  I guess you remember the game show your name was in as well? 

Edited March 24, 2021 by Sim

[DoogyRev]

17 minutes ago, Sim said:

Same here  I guess you remember the game show your name was in as well? 

Yes I do!, not many people remember that game show 😎

 

Doogyrev,Doogyrev!!!

Edited March 24, 2021 by DoogyRev

[Sim]

On 22/03/2021 at 18:21, Impressed said:

Looks pretty obvious to me.

If the cyclist could not see the car his view must have been blocked by a van or something. Therefore the Z driver would have no chance of seeing him.

 

Viral video of crash between cyclist and car sparks debate about who is to blame (msn.com)

 

PS. Definitely the cyclists fault. 

[marzman]

I'm half a generation after 'Joey' was popularised... i'm 37 but my brother is 50... and i still remember one Sunday dinner in the 90's him explaining to me the origins of the term.  I've only come across it a handful of times since. 

[marzman]

...And after 9 years of Jim being on this forum i've only just realised that DoogyRev is Very Good backwards. 

[DoogyRev]

42 minutes ago, marzman said:

...And after 9 years of Jim being on this forum i've only just realised that DoogyRev is Very Good backwards. 

Doogyrev, Doogyrev 

 

I remember the Adventure Game and when I first watched it I realized one character who helped the contestants was speaking backwards and started doing it myself .... doogyrev stuck from there. 
 

Also another fact all the characters names were an anagram of “dragon” 
 

[docwra]

8 hours ago, marzman said:

I'm half a generation after 'Joey' was popularised... i'm 37 but my brother is 50... and i still remember one Sunday dinner in the 90's him explaining to me the origins of the term.  I've only come across it a handful of times since. 

I have a good friend now in his 30s called James Deacon, very memorable when we had to explain who Joey was to him, he started using his pic as an avatar on message boards

Vortex was awesome but you cant top Knightmare for me, they are all on Youtube too.  Also hadnt realised that Doogyrev was verygood until I was today years old, this thread keeps giving.

[The Bounty Bar Kid]

Knightmare was awesome! Always wanted to go on there.

[docwra]

4 hours ago, The Bounty Bar Kid said:

Knightmare was awesome! Always wanted to go on there.

Mate of mine went on, as you can imagine it was quite @*!#, particularly if you were the one in the helmet

Spellcasting ............ D-I-S-M-I-S-S