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Bike Accidents and the Value of Garmin/Strava Ride Data (www.thebikinglawyer.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/bicycling@lemmy.world
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Side note: drivers who lie about how accidents happen (and not just having a fuzzy memory, but flat-out lying), should face severe consequences.

Lives are ruined by bad drivers, and then to falsely blame the victim is just evil.

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think it's also quite possible that the driver is so deranged that they believe the story they gave police. After all, I'm a good driver, how could I make a mistake? It must be the cyclist's fault!

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You're too kind. I honestly believe they do that (lie) because there's a very good chance they'll get away with it.

    I mean, it was only because the cyclist tracks their ride that the driver was caught lying. If that data didn't exist, it would be the driver's word against the cyclist, and because of his injuries, he couldn't remember.

    Just imagine had the cyclist died, the family would live out their lives believing their loved one was the cause of his own death. So fucked up. Liars should be reamed out by the court.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I didn't mean it to be kind. I meant that the driver could actually be that detached from reality.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    @limelight79 @Showroom7561 Yeah: 'I looked and they weren't there, therefore the only possible way I could have hit them is if they did this weird and implausible manoeuvre'People will invent stories to tell themselves to feel good. They then will tell everyone else the story like it is fact. People make for terrible evidence. Log data with a computer. It is much harder to trick yourself this way.

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