Pizza Hut delivery driver cuts off bicyclist ....

hope the biker guy is ok and all but now you have me thinking pizza hut...................................

Last Sunday I left the LBS to return to the mountain bike park and was drafting 2 ladies and they(we - because I was following and not really paying attention - my bad) just blew a stop sign like it wasn't even there with a car waiting to turn.  It happened so fast and I was like aww carp - that was dumb.  I don't think they even thought to stop.

Not saying the original guy in WI is wrong, but we do some dumb stuff on bikes as well!

I was talking with wavedog outside the SERF, one of the UW's recreational facilities, last night while waiting for Lazymarathoner, so we could go swimming.

I didn't see the accident happen but heard a "THUMP/THUD" sound, and then immediately turned my head to see the the aftermath of a bicyclist hitting a car.

It turned out that a Pizza Hut delivery guy didn't yield to traffic and decided to turn left towards Lake Street (heading North to Univ. Ave, away from the SERF building) and cut in front of the bicyclist who was oncoming (heading West). The bicyclist hit the vehicle head on and flew over the car.

I immediately got out my cellphone and ran over to the scene, and saw a number of people standing around, and one was on their cellphone.  I started yelling out asking if anybody was calling 911 and such, to which the one person on the cell was.

I noticed the biker was on the road on his back in pain complaining about one of his knees, no blood or cuts, and helmet was off but not split or anything.  I had my gym bag with a towel in it and assessed that he would have a little more comfort with that under his head then on the road.  I tried keeping him calm and talked with him, but the lady that was there helping, too, was a nurse, so I felt that I was needed anymore and decided to direct traffic, getting the gawkers and the persons slowing down out of the way and kept traffic moving until the police and ambulance could show up.

After 15 minutes or so, things wrapped up, the officer took statements, and the EMT had the cyclist in the ambulance.  I spoke with the nurse lady and her husband, whom saw the whole thing enfold.

I hope the cyclist is okay - he smacked the vehicle pretty good.

He had a nice roadie, with both front and back HED3s!

Then, to top it off, as I saw a clearing in the traffic, I started crossing in the crosswalk and some woman in an SUV yapping on the cellphone didn't slowdown and almost clipped me!  Luckily her window was down and I made sure she got an earful!  Right in front of where the accident was, of all things!  SHEESH!

What a night, last night.

Be careful, again, peeps!