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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,915 posts) Thu Feb 2, 2023, 12:58 PM Feb 2023

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5th avenue near Rockefeller Center in Manhattan

Last edited Thu Feb 2, 2023, 02:16 PM - Edit history (1)

5th avenue near Rockefeller Center in Manhattan.

Looks like attempted murder to me.

Video from reddit: https://reddit.com/r/NYCbike/comments/10pd8ae/driver_using_a_two_ton_vehicle_as_a_weapon/

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5th avenue near Rockefeller Center in Manhattan (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 OP

That vehicle shouldn't even be in that lane. Sanity Claws Feb 2023 #1

I am curious why this is posted here? Dem_in_Nebr. Feb 2023 #2

For several reasons mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 #3

Thanks for letting me know Dem_in_Nebr. Feb 2023 #5

Definitely hit and run. sinkingfeeling Feb 2023 #4

Sanity Claws

(22,038 posts)

1. That vehicle shouldn't even be in that lane.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2023, 01:02 PM

Feb 2023

It is a bus lane. Lots of buses going down 5th Avenue

Dem_in_Nebr.

(315 posts)

2. I am curious why this is posted here?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2023, 01:41 PM

Feb 2023

For wider exposure shouldn't it be posted in Latest Breaking News?
I'm just curious.

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,915 posts)

3. For several reasons

Reply to Dem_in_Nebr. (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 2, 2023, 01:51 PM

Feb 2023

1) It is not national news that a bicyclist got hit by a car. Okay, if Joe Biden were the bicyclist, then it would be national news.
2) The incident happened on January 30. That's too old for LBN.
3) I consider bicycles sort of public transportation, in that they are an alternative to a private automobile.
4) It is not my intent to garner wider exposure. I want narrow exposure, so I try to put my posts in the most appropriate forum.

HTH. Thanks for asking. Welcome to DU.

Dem_in_Nebr.

(315 posts)

5. Thanks for letting me know

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 2, 2023, 06:21 PM

Feb 2023

sinkingfeeling

(52,985 posts)

4. Definitely hit and run.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2023, 05:36 PM

Feb 2023

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