Healdsburg incident - sigh

[ta...@murphstahoe.com]

This one is for everyone who thinks that if only we stopped at stop signs, then everything would be fine and dandy. I stopped at the stop sign, foot down, signalled, let two cars go before me, then entered the intersection to take a left and an oncoming car intentionally took a right turn right through my path. I caught the car downstream and the driver told me "I did it to pay you back for what you did to me in the crosswalk" (that might not be the exact quote, but it's close, I did a quick cut of the video while in a conference call and have not listened to it, but I don't recall anything I feel ashamed of).

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6zV6PHVRhE

 

Initially I followed the driver to try to get a plate and her face on video.

I'll bring this video to the City Council on May 6 unless someone has a good reason I should not, to build a case for the vulnerable users law. Note that the vulnerable users law would be a pplicable if the driver in this video was indeed cut off by a cyclist while she was in a crosswalk - the cyclist could theoretically be sued for doing that to a pedestrian. And it is the Sonoma County *cycling* organization which is pushing for the law, not the (non-existent) pedestrian org.

John

 

[Ted Lesher]

Wow, sorry that person was such a jerk. And no you didn't do anything embarrassing, you politely told the lady she was a bad driver and should practice more which she apparently needs. 

[Jeffrey Skokan]

Ditto and props for catching up to her.  With all her zigging and zagging, it seems like she was trying to evade you.

[Blair Menn]

After the surge of videos from Russian dash-cams a few weeks ago, I kept waiting for a meteor to streak by or a load of cows to fly off a truck bed.

Instead it's just Murph, doing his civic duty and calmly calling out inconsiderate/dangerous drivers and making them accountable for their crap.  So, nothing new here.  Watch out Sonoma county jerks!

Like a boss.   

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Jeffrey Skokan <jsk...@gmail.com> wrote:

Ditto and props for catching up to her.  With all her zigging and zagging, it seems like she was trying to evade you.

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[Peter Colijn]

I don't understand what she was trying to "punish" you for. You
stopped at the stop sign, waited your turn, then went. Did you signal
your turn (not obvious from the video)? It looks like she just didn't
see you.

Peter

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Jeffrey Skokan <jsk...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ditto and props for catching up to her. With all her zigging and zagging,
> it seems like she was trying to evade you.
>

[Judd Blair]

Healdsburg being a small town, I'm assuming she has some long running grudge against Murph from a previous incident, recognized him, and decided to "teach him a lesson."

[John Murphy]

If she did not see me it doesn't jive with her saying she did it to pay me back for cutting her off in a crosswalk. Because we are the Borg - each cyclist is part of the hive mind

John Murphy - ta...@murphstahoe.com

[John Murphy]

I blended 30% merlot into last year's Zin blend. Everyone knows you cap that shit at 15%, and only if you throw in some Grenache.

John Murphy - ta...@murphstahoe.com

[Scott Crosby]

I'm pissed about that too, and plan to teach you my own lesson.