Social media users show no sympathy to cyclist despite brutal crash
Dash cam footage capturing collisions between cyclists and vehicles usually incite heated debates over who was at fault, but not this time.
A Western Australian cyclist received no sympathy for riding into flowing traffic at a Mandurah intersection where he was hit and injured.
The clip, timestamped 1.20pm on May 4, shows cars turning right at an intersection on a green arrow, while one cyclist waits at a pedestrian crossing.
While the vehicles are turning, a second cyclist appears in view of the dash cam.
This rider, who is not wearing a helmet, is seen cutting across lanes of stopped traffic until he collides with a turning ute that is towing a trailer.
The cyclist is thrown off his bike and is slammed, shoulder first, onto the road.
The ute stops in the middle of the intersection, just metres ahead, before the clip cuts out.
“Paramedics and police were on scene immediately as they were in the traffic behind,” read the caption on the Dash Cam Owners Australia Facebook video, shared on Friday night.
“Rider suffered dislocated shoulder and head injury, was transferred to hospital."
Most of the 1,000 comments on the thread blamed the cyclist for the crash.
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One wrote: “Red light? Check! No helmet or any other protective gear? Check! Weaving in and out of traffic? Check!Trifecta of stupidity. Fully deserved.”
Another agreed, saying: “No helmet, no patience, no clue, no sympathy.”
“If that's not the cyclist's fault, I don't know what is,” a third wrote.
In just 17 hours, the video has been viewed more than 107,000 times and achieved more than 1,800 interactions.
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