The cyclist, who suffered a broken nose, was initially treated at the scene by the ambulance driver.
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.
Is riding in the bike lane illegal? Do you not understand how bike lanes work?
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.
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.
Sounds reasonable. Blind spot makes it easy to run over cyclists when doing a right turn. “Attention, Angles morts”.
And it sounds reasonable each party writes a bill. Can be offset in court.
And btw an ambulance ride in Germany is like 500€ to 1000€. For once something that’s not 10x as expensive as in other parts of the world.
This makes perfect sense. The city will have insurance for accidents. They bill him, he sues, the city refers it to their insurer and the insurance pays the suit and costs.
It only sounds ridiculous on the surface.
Imo having lawsuits as a normal expected step in the healthcare system is ridiculous in depth, not just on the surface.
The victim might get compensated in the end, but having to go through lawsuits is just stupid.
CRAPITALISM!
That’s a great business model. Create the demand for your supply yourself. Wtf, this system is so fucked.
