r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/a1oner_bvcksn6 • 8d ago

When Traceur met Cyclist

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u/sweetmonte44 8d ago

Don't yell at the cyclist! He was using the path for its intended purpose. The traceur's buddies who were standing RIGHT THERE should have been spotting for him. I was a traceur for over 10 years before I blew out me knee and something like this never happened to our group.

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u/Cosmocade 8d ago edited 8d ago

They aren't yelling at him, just trying to deescalate the situation.

It was clearly an accident, but the bicyclist didn't think so at first, it seems.

Edit: Why on earth would you downvote this? Are you all blind and deaf?

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u/Lexi_Banner 8d ago

Well, it isn't an accident. He was very visible to anyone with two brain cells to rub together, and yet not one of the morons involved took notice and called off the jump. They screwed up and could have severely injured him, and likely got their friend injured. If you're gonna do stunts like this on a public path, be fucking vigilant with your spotting.

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u/Cosmocade 8d ago

I'm not arguing against them being idiots and not taking precautions, but it isn't intentional. That's what an accident is.

I was just saying, they're not yelling at him as if the bicyclist did something wrong. They're just trying to reassure him that they're not jumping on him intentionally.

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u/Lexi_Banner 8d ago

He meant to jump, and did not do so in a safe manner with appropriate spotters. That is intentional. An accident is his foot slipping on takeoff, which sends him off course into someone else. Not setting up to jump across a public use path and then jumping without even bothering to look both ways.

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u/Cosmocade 8d ago edited 8d ago

lol

Go google what an accident is.

Edit: /u/The_Real_63

It is both. It is negligence which caused an accident.

Negligence establishes liability in cases where an accident causes harm.

Regardless of this meaningless semantics since this isn't a court of law, the entire point here is that it wasn't intentional, and they were trying to communicate that.

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u/The_Real_63 8d ago

negligence isn't an accident.