Bethlehem Car v Bike Crash Hit and Run

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This is an attempted hit and run accident that occurred on the Fahy Bridge in Bethlehem, PA on 4/2/12. The offending driver, a juvenile, attempted to pass a bus on the left and struck a bicyclist from behind. As the driver fled the scene, the bus driver blocked the bridge to prevent the person from fleeing. Another citizen also blocked the offending car's path. The driver was taken into custody and charged with multiple offenses, including Pennsylania's latest law to protect cyclists that went into effect on this day.

The lanes on the north bound side of the Fahy Bridge are each 10 feet in width. The lanes were reduced in size due to structural problems with the existing walkway. PennDOT created a secondary walkway and bicycles are not permitted to use this area. The cyclist was in the proper lane position due to the lane width. In a narrow lane, the cyclist is permitted, and is actually safer, by taking the entire lane. A motorist has plenty of room to pass the cyclist in the left lane. Had the cyclist been in the right portion of the lane and been struck by the car, he would most likely have suffered far worse injuries because of being pushed into the concrete barrier. Before you make insensitive comments, regardless of how you personally feel about the right of cyclists to use the roadway, remember that it is another human being and no one deserves to be struck by a car and left in the roadway.

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[420kushfire]

BUS DRIVER GOOD FUCKING JOB!!!!!

[HariVIyer]

Love the bus driver

[Pedro Caetano]

Bus driver hero

[TmRCng]

Bus driver blocked him off like a boss :)

[abcisteasyas123]

Well done bus driver

[Stephanie Pezzello]

well...going to college in bethlehem, there are zero bike lanes. a lot of the students ride their bikes back and forth to campus so you would think bethlehem would put some bike lanes in

[Gary Christmas]

Bicyclists have the same duties and responsibilities as other motorists. With that said, I think the bicyclists was making proper use of the right lane. I think it great the bus driver and the other car blocked the road so the hit and run driver could not escape.

[nelsonnnn55]

There are many ways I can respond to you, the most important is that even tho I agree with you on some cyclist are really stupid they don't even wear a helmet, let's nature take its own course. On the other hand the odds of a cyclist harming or fatally hurting another road user are -5% against +90% of drivers even if you're a good driver changes are that you will get on a traffic accident. The countries that have more bicycles on public road are the ones with less public road fatalities.

[playmydingaling]

Ridiculous. I see drivers blow through red lights all the time but I don't think I've ever seen a cyclist stop for a traffic light or use a proper hand signal. The cyclist did nothing wrong here but there's an egregious lack of concern for safety and little mutual respect between motorists and cyclists in general.

[DriftersGaming]

Really nice manouver from bus,also really glad car got caught and didn't get away