my choices = your fault
The death of a bike rider in the East Bay has prompted a lawsuit filed by the man’s family against the popular cycling website he was using that encourages competition among riders.
…was going more than 40 miles per hour [on a bike] down the steep hill of South Park Drive when he had to avoid a car.
…”They cannot dare people to do reckless things,” said the family’s attorney Richard Meier who filed the suit.
Meier admitted cyclists like Flint need to ride responsibly.
“Is our client’s son absolutely innocent of everything? We’re not saying that,” said Meier. “But we’re saying Strava has got to change it’s ways.”
…The family is not seeking a specific amount for damages.
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Sue gravity. Gravity is clearly trying to kill everyone 24/7.
Sue his teachers. Clearly, if he couldn’t read, he wouldn’t be vulnerable to bad advice.
Oh, and sue yourselves while you’re at it. Behavior is partly a parental responsibility.
Congress moved the age of adulthood from 21 to 18 for voting because of all the weeping for 18 year olds in the military, but not old enough to vote.
So instead of giving the franchise to those who serve, they extended the franchise to all 18 year olds, most of whom are spoiled airheads living off their parents while the very small minority in the military don’t have their absentee ballots counted.
Then Congress *spit* declared via Uhbamacare that young folks are ‘children’ until age 26, speading their cost of feckless choices to all taxpayers.
Then comes this: The family was motivated to sue… The father of 41-year-old crash victim….
WTF, sounds like Congress should have made it at least age 41 to be an adult.
I hope the judge sanctions the lawyer and the father.
Just another lawyer looking for his Mercedes monthly payment.
If the lawyer suing lawyer frenzy ever begins, a shark frenzy will look like an afternoon in the sand box.
I long for the day and anticipate the enjoyment of observing.
For the record, I limit my competitive submissions to UPhill segments, where legs, not gravity, are in competition.
Downhill or congested urban/suburban areas are flat-out stupid, but it’s certainly not Strava that’s in the wrong…
“Ow, I got a cramp. I need to sue SOMEBODY!!!”
The bike must have had training wheels.
And what (#2) Dick NQDWG said.
Coincidence? Irony? Ass covering?
I just received an e-mail notice to review Strava’s updated terms of service.