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what would you do if you caused a huge crash in the Tour de France

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AbsolutelyPatsy · 28/06/2021 18:25

www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/tour-de-france-crash-fan-sign-sue-b1873499.html
i know i know it is old news now,

but i think i would flee the country also

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TeardropsFallingOnHotSand · 28/06/2021 20:17

@AbsolutelyPatsy

It was you, wasn't it ?!

lljkk · 28/06/2021 20:17

The honourable thing to do is turn herself in. And find ways to make amends.

Her sex is immaterial. Most the roadside fans are male, that's the only reason women might seem under-represented among crash-causers. Lopez slapping a fan around who caused a crash, for anyone's amusement.

Was a woman driving car that hurled Johnny Hoogerland into the barb wire. That fact of her sex came out much later -- most the support staff are blokes.

Pinuporc · 28/06/2021 20:17

I cant understand how the cyclists could avoid her or anticipate that hazard when travelling at speed in a very tight pack.
I'm always amazed at how close the spectators are, its surprising there arent more accidents (not that that makes it ok!!)

Lalliella · 28/06/2021 20:19

[quote FelicityBeedle]@Samcro
It wasn’t deliberate, therefore it was a mistake. Caused by the negligence of the organisers and the presence of cameras IMO. She was angling her sign so the camera could see better, and neither she nor the rider noticed how close together they were[/quote]
A truck comes through before the cyclists to warn spectators that they’re on their way, so she would’ve know. She didn’t care. She recklessly endangered life. She needs to face the consequences, and I hope they’re severe.

FrenchieFromGrease · 28/06/2021 20:20

@wisteriaandwhine

I think most people would panic too tbh. Some would freeze (and therefore face the music by default rather than superiority of morals), some would take flight. It's human.

People talk with such confidence about how they would do x, y or z if they were in the shoes of somebody they think did something wrong but the truth is we rarely respond how we expect or pronounce in high stress situations. You don't know how you respond to a hypothetical situation until you actually experience it and it ceases to be hypothetical.

You see it all the time with women saying they wouldn't be raped like the victim in a news case because they wouldn't have gone there or would have fought or screamed or done whatever.

Except the most common threat response activated by the brain during a sexual assault is actually freeze. And you can't control your primitive threat responses when your brain perceives imminent danger to your life. Freeze, flight, fawn, fight.

In both scenarios all the confident "I would do x if it was me" are about people trying to make themselves feel better and safer, not reality.

Comparing this absolute idiot to rape victims is beyond offensive. What the hell is wrong with you?
userxx · 28/06/2021 20:24

Surely someone knows who she is, I bet she's burnt that coat.

TheBobJog · 28/06/2021 20:26

@userxx

Surely someone knows who she is, I bet she's burnt that coat.
And probably cut and dyed her hair in a motel bathroom too.
MangosteenSoda · 28/06/2021 20:32

She didn’t have a clue how fast the peloton approaches behind the motorbikes. Really really daft and oblivious, but I don’t think malicious.

I imagine she’s feeling horrendous somewhere and is terrified. I’d probably go join a Tibetan nunnery.

Hopefully it will alert other clueless spectators into behaving more sensibly.

There are tons of idiotic spectators at cycle races. She falls into the overexcited but dangerous category. Once they get into the high mountains, you get the plain old knobhead category. Those who run alongside the riders going up the steepest stretches screaming and gesticulating about a millimetre from their faces.

PearPickingPorky · 28/06/2021 20:33

We're any cyclists badly injured?

I feel sorry for her but what she did was fucking stupid.

romdowa · 28/06/2021 20:34

If it were me , I'd like to think id leg it and hide. In reality though I'd probably be trying to help the People I'd injured and crying.

userxx · 28/06/2021 20:38

@TheBobJog Hacking away with nail scissors whilst eyeing up the domestos 🤣

TitsInAbsentia · 28/06/2021 20:42

She's an absolute fool - looks like she will also be sporting some fabulous bruises when she discovered just how fast/hard you get hit by standing in the way of a fast moving cyclist. If I knew who she was I'd dob her in too!

AbsolutelyPatsy · 28/06/2021 20:48

@TeardropsFallingOnHotSand, I can imagine making that sort of mistake yes

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TheBobJog · 28/06/2021 20:49

[quote userxx]@TheBobJog Hacking away with nail scissors whilst eyeing up the domestos 🤣[/quote]
😂😂

RedToothBrush · 28/06/2021 20:50

@OnTheBrink1

She wasn’t looking and didn’t mean any malicious intent. The spectators and cycalists are far to close together. This will happened again unless there is some sort of temporary barrier
Does it matter if it wasn't malicious? She still was reckless and was more interested in getting on tv than the race. She must have know how close she was to the actual race - which is why she was trying to get on tv in the first place.

This is the most serious incident there has been of this nature, so I do think that the organisers have to take action.

The riders would be within their rights to sue for loss of possible earnings, injury or hospital bills.

MarshaBradyo · 28/06/2021 20:50

I gasped at that when I saw it

What a noob

AbsolutelyPatsy · 28/06/2021 20:51

perhaps she is in hospital?

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SallyCinnabon · 28/06/2021 20:55

@romdowa

If it were me , I'd like to think id leg it and hide. In reality though I'd probably be trying to help the People I'd injured and crying.
Fractures, broken rib, dislocated shoulder, head injury… that’s just the ones I know of
SallyCinnabon · 28/06/2021 20:56

Sorry @romdowa I was replying to @PearPickingPorky ‘s post asking if there were any serious injuries….

SallyCinnabon · 28/06/2021 20:58

There are tons of idiotic spectators at cycle races.

Same at rallying. Spectators jumping out in front of the rally cars waving flags and snapping pics. One year a car flipped and almost hit a spectator. Organisers don’t stop it though.

romdowa · 28/06/2021 21:00

@SallyCinnabon

Sorry *@romdowa I was replying to @PearPickingPorky* ‘s post asking if there were any serious injuries….
No problem 😊
PearPickingPorky · 28/06/2021 21:01

@SallyCinnabon

Sorry *@romdowa I was replying to @PearPickingPorky* ‘s post asking if there were any serious injuries….
Thanks Sally.

Yeah, that's pretty bad.

lljkk · 28/06/2021 21:05

separated shoulder, it's somewhat better than a dislocated shoulder (unless you're Geraint Thomas & expect to ride the whole thing with a fractured pelvis anyway)

There are pictures of the crash-causing spectator standing around gormlessly a minute or 2 afterwards. She wasn't injured by the crash she caused.

SallyCinnabon · 28/06/2021 21:08

Here you go

what would you do if you caused a huge crash in the Tour de France
Glittertwins · 28/06/2021 21:10

[quote FelicityBeedle]@Samcro
It wasn’t deliberate, therefore it was a mistake. Caused by the negligence of the organisers and the presence of cameras IMO. She was angling her sign so the camera could see better, and neither she nor the rider noticed how close together they were[/quote]
It's not up to the cyclists, they're riding between 40-60kph on the road where they should be. Not where a spectator should be.
Any spectator would know the peloton was imminent as the race leaders had come through and the noise of the crowd along there would have risen. She was just thinking of her 10 seconds of fame.

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