When you hate cyclists, but not in a murderous way...

[Veloo]

Two people have minor injuries after a driver became trapped in the storefront of a bicycle shop...

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/202...e-village.html

[Saxon]

Bike shops usually have the right of way, but we'll have to wait for the police report.

[Louis]

OK, talk about deja vu all over again, I'm 99.999999% sure that a few days ago somewhere on the web (this forum?) someone posted an image or link to a site with a picture of that bike shop (sans crashed Volvo), complete with the optometrist's right next door. And I posted a comment saying something about the how the bike shop needed security bars, but the optometrist didn't, or something like that.

So either there was in incredible coincidence, or I can see into the future.

[Nomadmax]

I'm surprised the news story didn't state whether the bike shop was wearing a helmet or had flashing lights.

Cause, you know, it's the bike shop's fault.

[unterhausen]

They didn't show the view where it shows that it was virtually impossible for that car to hit the bike shop without hitting cars or fixed obstacles.

[Marvinlungwitz]

It wasn’t the drivers fault, the shop ran a stop light.

[blakcloud]

I know I am being pedantic and it is irrelevant to most if not all on this board but I hate it when the largest news organization in Toronto gets information wrong. A simple check of the address would have worked.

For those in Toronto, it was not the Bloordale store but the Annex store. They have two, this was actually Swete Pete's B Side store.

[soulspinner]

Originally Posted by Louis

OK, talk about deja vu all over again, I'm 99.999999% sure that a few days ago somewhere on the web (this forum?) someone posted an image or link to a site with a picture of that bike shop (sans crashed Volvo), complete with the optometrist's right next door. And I posted a comment saying something about the how the bike shop needed security bars, but the optometrist didn't, or something like that.

So either there was in incredible coincidence, or I can see into the future.

About the market next week...

[Alistair]

How on earth did that happen? I’ve seen cars parked nose-in do similar, or cars at T intersections and similar run into store-fronts. But, to end up 90* to traffic flow on what appears to be a relatively slow-speed urban street, with parking and a protected bike lane? That takes some skill.

[unterhausen]

So far I'm assuming it requires flooring it until stopped by external objects. I'm disappointed no footage has come out from security cameras though.

[George Ab]

But did it really crash into the bicycle shop or was it an "accident"?

[MikeRodg]

It wasn’t the drivers fault

[OldCrank]

<<<It wasn’t the drivers fault>>>
Never is.

Got Coal Rolled *4 times* in a couple blocks, and driven off the road, wheel & tire damage this week.
Decided to try reporting it.

Cop told me how "lucky" I was that the 20-year-old punk in an illegally modified $70k pickup (thanks dad) did not kill me.

Cuz, you know, bikes do not belong.

[Nomadmax]

Originally Posted by OldCrank

<<<It wasn’t the drivers fault>>>
Never is.

Got Coal Rolled *4 times* in a couple blocks, and driven off the road, wheel & tire damage this week.
Decided to try reporting it.

Cop told me how "lucky" I was that the 20-year-old punk in an illegally modified $70k pickup (thanks dad) did not kill me.

Cuz, you know, bikes do not belong.

See, now you get it.

[bironi]

Originally Posted by Nomadmax

See, now you get it.

Unfortunately that is a very bad/sad reflection on the barely unified nation aka U.S.A.