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The cyclist, who suffered a broken nose, was initially treated at the scene by the ambulance driver.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's a great business model. Create the demand for your supply yourself. Wtf, this system is so fucked.

[–] hayes_ 2 points 1 month ago

~~Broken window~~ dead bicyclist economics.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago

Create demand

Provide supply

Economics 101

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Simple supply and demand, If there isn’t enough demand for the current supply producers they will seek new avenues of demand, this includes, artificially increasing demand. If the government would just deregulate the medical industry both sides would be forced to compete and then the man hit by an ambulance would have a choice of which ambulance that hit him to take.

[–] Blackdoomax 9 points 1 month ago

Business is business.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

CRAPITALISM!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I really need to get a camera for when I bike. I try to be cognizant of drivers doing that when I ride. It has not happened a lot, but once is too often.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It was also the cyclists fault. Illegally trying to pass an ambulance along a curb. Now the old guy wants a million bucks for riding his bike around like an entitled asshole and failing at it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is riding in the bike lane illegal? Do you not understand how bike lanes work?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't know if he was riding around like an entitled asshole, but it does seem the rider was technically at fault. The ambulance driver should have been watching for exactly this situation though too. It doesn't seem like it should have happened if either party was paying attention.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You don't typically check the curb side for oncoming traffic from behind you when making a right turn. A pedestrian would have been noticed before getting up to the intersection. A biker coming up from behind and illegally trying to go around an ambulance wouldn't be.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

average BMW driver behavior. You absolutely should check every time you make a turn and not assume everyone noticed your turn signal, if used at all