{"id":252585685,"date":"2013-01-02T10:41:25","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T10:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=252585685"},"modified":"2013-01-02T10:41:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T10:41:25","slug":"the-no-contact-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=252585685","title":{"rendered":"The No-Contact Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Bob Mionske<br \/>\nA reader recently asked an interesting question. If a car causes a cyclist to crash, but doesn\u2019t actually collide with the rider, is the driver still at fault?<br \/>\nIn a recent incident, a husband-and-wife tandem team ran into an abutment after a driver violated their right-of-way. Police officers told them, incorrectly, that it was \u201cnot legally an accident because there was no collision between bike and car.\u201d The officers refused to take contact information from a witness even though the driver admitted fault at the scene. They also informed the couple that it was their responsibility to control the bike. In another incident, a driver failed to yield before \u00admaking a right turn and nearly struck a\u00ad cyclist. The rider crashed, and wonders if his insurance company will pay.<br \/>\nAlthough neither vehicle touched the cyclists, the drivers operated in a way that caused a crash. In fact, the only \u00adreason there was no contact was because the \u00adcyclists took evasive \u00adaction. Here\u2019s how to avoid this kind of situation, and how to handle it if you do hit the pavement.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bicycling.com\/blogs\/roadrights\/2013\/01\/02\/the-no-contact-crash\/\">https:\/\/bicycling.com\/blogs\/roadrights\/2013\/01\/02\/the-no-contact-crash\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bob Mionske A reader recently asked an interesting question. If a car causes a cyclist to crash, but doesn\u2019t actually collide with the rider, is the driver still at fault? In a recent incident, a husband-and-wife tandem team ran into an abutment after a driver violated their right-of-way. Police officers told them, incorrectly, that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=252585685\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The No-Contact Crash&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252585685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252585685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=252585685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252585685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=252585685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=252585685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=252585685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}