Wracked with guilt
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Wracked with guilt
Usually I ride solo, but over the weekend I was out for a ride with a small group. I only knew one of the riders who invited me along. Well we pass another rider who had pulled off to the side, and nobody bothered to stop. I just kept riding with everyone else. I wasn't sure if I should break away from everyone else and turn around. I've been feeling guilty ever since. How do you folks handle a situation like that? Would leaving everyone else in the group you are with be considered rude?
Usually around here people will give a thumbs up or down or have their helmet on the road to indicate that they need assistance, but this rider was just standing there, helmet still on, talking on the phone and smoking a cigarette. That could of been all he was doing, but I feel it is important to stop and find out.
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Usually around here people will give a thumbs up or down or have their helmet on the road to indicate that they need assistance, but this rider was just standing there, helmet still on, talking on the phone and smoking a cigarette. That could of been all he was doing, but I feel it is important to stop and find out.
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RE: Wracked with guilt
You know if the rider had troubles he should have had his helmet upside down on the ground behind his bike. Thats how you signal you need help. That or a thumb down. He was fine he was taking a smoke break.... *Fugetahboutit*.
ORIGINAL: anfauglir
Usually I ride solo, but over the weekend I was out for a ride with a small group. I only knew one of the riders who invited me along. Well we pass another rider who had pulled off to the side, and nobody bothered to stop. I just kept riding with everyone else. I wasn't sure if I should break away from everyone else and turn around. I've been feeling guilty ever since. How do you folks handle a situation like that? Would leaving everyone else in the group you are with be considered rude?
Usually around here people will give a thumbs up or down or have their helmet on the road to indicate that they need assistance, but this rider was just standing there, helmet still on, talking on the phone and smoking a cigarette. That could of been all he was doing, but I feel it is important to stop and find out.
[IMG]local://upfiles/16725/D6D2B3A24380492B99CDC4DCACA5C655.jpg[/IMG]
Usually I ride solo, but over the weekend I was out for a ride with a small group. I only knew one of the riders who invited me along. Well we pass another rider who had pulled off to the side, and nobody bothered to stop. I just kept riding with everyone else. I wasn't sure if I should break away from everyone else and turn around. I've been feeling guilty ever since. How do you folks handle a situation like that? Would leaving everyone else in the group you are with be considered rude?
Usually around here people will give a thumbs up or down or have their helmet on the road to indicate that they need assistance, but this rider was just standing there, helmet still on, talking on the phone and smoking a cigarette. That could of been all he was doing, but I feel it is important to stop and find out.
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RE: Wracked with guilt
Agreed, it sounds like he may have just stopped for a call and a smoke break. I wouldn't worry about it.
ORIGINAL: x2lee
You know if the rider had troubles he should have had his helmet upside down on the ground behind his bike. Thats how you signal you need help. That or a thumb down. He was fine he was taking a smoke break.... *Fugetahboutit*.
You know if the rider had troubles he should have had his helmet upside down on the ground behind his bike. Thats how you signal you need help. That or a thumb down. He was fine he was taking a smoke break.... *Fugetahboutit*.
ORIGINAL: anfauglir
Usually I ride solo, but over the weekend I was out for a ride with a small group. I only knew one of the riders who invited me along. Well we pass another rider who had pulled off to the side, and nobody bothered to stop. I just kept riding with everyone else. I wasn't sure if I should break away from everyone else and turn around. I've been feeling guilty ever since. How do you folks handle a situation like that? Would leaving everyone else in the group you are with be considered rude?
Usually around here people will give a thumbs up or down or have their helmet on the road to indicate that they need assistance, but this rider was just standing there, helmet still on, talking on the phone and smoking a cigarette. That could of been all he was doing, but I feel it is important to stop and find out.
[IMG]local://upfiles/16725/D6D2B3A24380492B99CDC4DCACA5C655.jpg[/IMG]
Usually I ride solo, but over the weekend I was out for a ride with a small group. I only knew one of the riders who invited me along. Well we pass another rider who had pulled off to the side, and nobody bothered to stop. I just kept riding with everyone else. I wasn't sure if I should break away from everyone else and turn around. I've been feeling guilty ever since. How do you folks handle a situation like that? Would leaving everyone else in the group you are with be considered rude?
Usually around here people will give a thumbs up or down or have their helmet on the road to indicate that they need assistance, but this rider was just standing there, helmet still on, talking on the phone and smoking a cigarette. That could of been all he was doing, but I feel it is important to stop and find out.
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RE: Wracked with guilt
If he needed help, he would have given you some indication. To answer your other question about leaving the group being rude, I'd say if he needed help, then no, it would not be rude to turn around and go help.
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RE: Wracked with guilt
If he's got a cellphone and is talking on it, he can obviously summon help.
Not much more you can do anyway.
As mentioned- sounds like he was taking a smoke/phonecall break...
Not much more you can do anyway.
As mentioned- sounds like he was taking a smoke/phonecall break...
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RE: Wracked with guilt
I agree with what everyone has said about the guy having a cell phone. If he needed help he had a way of getting that.
Now.....if he didn't have the phone & the group rode by, thats totally different. Leaving the group to assist the rider on the side of the road would not be considered rude. It may have even set an example for the group so that they may not be so quick to just ride by next time.
Now.....if he didn't have the phone & the group rode by, thats totally different. Leaving the group to assist the rider on the side of the road would not be considered rude. It may have even set an example for the group so that they may not be so quick to just ride by next time.
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RE: Wracked with guilt
Agree with the thought that there was "no problem." But, now you can be the one who passes the scoop that the right thing to do is stop for riders who are at the side of the road. In a group of four or more, it's usually the tailgunner who stops while the rest continue to a convienient place for all to stop and wait. It never hurts to check on a fellow rider.