Scary cycling close call videos

The first accident on this one has scared me to dead:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwlc5q1XNPY

I’ve seen this video and it makes me cringe every time I see it. Best not watch it before a ride. You’ll be paranoid at every street corner, anything moving and everyone in your path.

I used to watch videos of motorcycle accidents. It’s a good reminder of what can happen to you if you are not careful or something comes up. The accident in this video is horrible but at least the guy made it…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMqtMxPufj4

i pretty much just ride slow, local old man style in taiwan. unless its on a river path or something. it works out pretty well imo.

Nope nope nope not gonna watch. I have my own mental shit to deal with from my accident ages ago that’s making me think a bit too much as it is.

Funny you say that because I’m scared to death of riding fast on the riverside paths.

Yikes! That’s how people get killed on empty country roads.
Sometimes I feel safer on the crowded downtown streets where I can go about the same speed as the automobiles.

I was nearly nailed four times on bike paths in Taiwan. Twice by kids making sharp 90 degree turns without looking. Once by a pokey adult cyclist on the far right who made a left turn without looking just as I was passing. Once by some A student who was flying a kite across a bike path at dusk… Luckily I put my arm up just in time to keep from being clotheslined.

Now the only place I cycle is along the nearly empty roads of the Hokkaido countryside.

If I avoided all the places where I’ve been in danger of a hospital trip, I’d have no where to ride in Taipei. Just a sad fact of life as a cyclist in this place.

Holy f I would’ve shit my pants if I were this guy. No way he could’ve heard that car coming since it was traveling so fast.

Avoid bike paths at peak times. You’ll get home safer and with lower blood pressure.

Where are all of you guys cycling? Up and down Zhongxiao East Road at peak hours?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aTViwJWmCY