Longboarder assaulted on public road by Jeep

pavedwave · Longboarder assaulted on public road by Jeep

http://www.break.com/index/car-causes-longboarder-to-wip-out.html

http://digg.com/extreme_sports/Car_Causes_Longboarder_To_Wipe_Out

This video was posted to Break.com first, now getting picked up by other sites.

Obviously, both parties were in the wrong. But I know how I'd handle it, with this much video evidence...

dmccoach

If I saw that correctly, the cameraman skated between the braking offender (left of braking Jeep) and oncoming traffic - very scary - not to mention the potential for the subject skater to have slid into/under the braking asshole, I mean Jeep driver...

On the other hand, attempting a video on an obviously busy stretch of road not too cool either.

LD skater since 1971

When you skateboard, bicycle, motorcycle you need to think 20 steps ahead at all times to stay alive. The car will always win if you don't think proactively.
Personally I would have went for the grass or squeezed between the two cars and kept on going.
I have been hit twice by a car in one summer skateboarding when I moved to Fallbrook from La Crecenta, Ca. Luckily I landed on the hood.

I have also slid in to side of cars to take the impact if I had no choice. I also had Car door opened up on me on my Bicycle in Okinawa
Luckily I stood up real quick and it just took a chunk out of my chest. I landed flat on my back because I was toe clipped into the pedals.
If I would not have stood up I would have took it in my face.
I did as always got back up and licked my wounds and went on my way.

I have also been rear ended at red light by a car on my motorcycle the guy was not paying attention slammed in to the back of me. But I was okay the licenses plate tail light lens was only messed up. So he gave me $100.00 to forget the accident. I took the $100.00 and went on my way.

The person driving the car is amore shaken up then the person getting hit usually in these situation.
I was driving my VW van down a alley way a kid jumped off a set of stairs into the side of my Van. I dragged him for about 15 feet before I came to a stop it was not pretty. He was taken to the hospital was there for a few days.
I was so depressed I hit the kid even though it was not my fault. You keep thinking what could I have done to avoided this accident.

I know the guy in the video slammed on his brakes but he is bigger and will win. All he had to say was I saw a rabbit or the sun light got in my eyes thats why I braked so fast.
So just be safe when you are out on the road think ahead of you all the time or you may not skate again.
That is why I am seeking out bicycle only trails so I can feel the freedom the 1970's when you could carve the concrete wave and not worry about getting hit by a car.
At least with a bicycle you both can get up walk away from your wounds.

mrgumdropman · i was hit

When i was ldping down a one way i got hit by a car going the wrong way. It shredded mi foot and my shoe along with my pants. I left a nice dent in his car he deserved it he didn't even say sorry.

camel

Here is the back story guys:

http://www.silverfishlongboarding...otos/76780-huge-accident-car.html

This guy is a SilverFisher.

C

Longboarder assaulted on public road by Jeep

i was hit