Summary

A PORTLAND, OREGON BICYCLIST IS PEDDLING TO WORK WHEN HE IS ALMOST HIT BY A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BUS. THE BUS DOESN'T STOP (PROBABLY DOESN'T EVEN REALIZE THE CLOSE CALL) AND CONTINUES ON ROUTE. THE BICYCLIST EVENTUALLY CATCHES UP TO THE BUS AND FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, A PASSENGER GETS OFF THE BUS AND STARTS A FIGHT WITH THE BICYCLIST. THEN THE PASSENGER GETS BACK ON THE BUS.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 286269
Story Slug BICYCLIST DOWN (2006)
Location PORTLAND, OREGON
Format SURVEILLANCE
Date 1-22-2004
Archive Time 34:32
TRT 9:40
Video Description COMPUTER IMAGE OF SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS 4 DIFFERENT ANGLES, PEOPLE ON THE BUS, BIKER PEDDLING TO WORK, OUTSIDE OF BUS AND DOORS OF BUS, SHOTS OF BUS DRIVING AND SLOW-MO IMAGES OF BIKER GETTING BUMPED AND NUDGED BY BUS, BUS DRIVES AWAY THEN HITS A STOP AND CONTINUES, BICYCLIST CATCHES UP TO BUS WHILE BUS IS STOPPED AT BRIDGE, VIDEO SHOWS PEOPLE ON THE BUS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AT BICYCLIST, THEN BICYCLIST GETS IN FRONT OF BUS AND PASSENGERS LAUGH AND SEEM AMUSED, PASSENGER GETS OFF BUS AND SAYS SOMETHING TO THE BICYCLIST AND THE TWO STRUGGLE WHILE THE MAN IS ON HIS BIKE, THEN THE OTHER MAN GETS BACK ON THE BUS AND THE BICYCLIST GOES TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS THE BUS DRIVES OFF, THE BICYCLIST EVENTUALLY CATCHES UP TO THE BUS YET AGAIN AND EVEN GETS AHEAD OF THE BUS
Description A PORTLAND, OREGON BICYCLIST IS PEDDLING TO WORK WHEN HE IS ALMOST HIT BY A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BUS. THE BUS DOESN'T STOP (PROBABLY DOESN'T EVEN REALIZE THE CLOSE CALL) AND CONTINUES ON ROUTE. THE BICYCLIST EVENTUALLY CATCHES UP TO THE BUS AND FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, A PASSENGER GETS OFF THE BUS AND STARTS A FIGHT WITH THE BICYCLIST. THEN THE PASSENGER GETS BACK ON THE BUS.
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Keywords

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
HIT AND RUN
BUS HITS BICYCLIST
DANGEROUS ROADS
CAUGHT ON TAPE
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
WEIRD
WACKY
GOOFY
FIGHT
SHARING THE ROAD WITH BIKES.
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