Fox News Writer Accused of Ramming Cyclist in Road Rage

good luck, brian! sorry to hear of this and glad you escaped alive.

while i fully empathize with your cause, please be careful in the future . . . shits like that are effing dangerous, and usually it just isn't worth it to confront them more than once.

So all bicyclists are always in the right? Why do I continue to read this stupid blog?

"Broderick says the NYPD never contacted him after Dooda filed his report."

It's a little early to say "never contacted him."

"Hasn't contacted him" would make more sense. It's been less than a week, and no one was killed or seriously injured. No doubt it's one of many fairly minor cases on some detective's desk.

As someone who actually walks, bikes and drives, I think that I'm not as biased as some of the above posters. It's perfectly obvious who was the criminally dangerous douche in this situation.

I don't know what the facts were in this case, but I beg to differ on the whole "bicyclists must be in the right" thing. There's a huge tendency for bicyclists to be aggressive, temperamental a-holes, and this guy was clearly no exception. The drive may have also been psycho, but a normal person would not have been as contentious as he was, blocking the car, getting up in that guy's face, etc. Sounds like he had it coming.

Oxford once again nails it.

'There's a huge tendency for bicyclists to be aggressive, temperamental a-holes'

Much like this guy wont be riding in that lane anymore, after someone gets destroyed from running a red light, I bet they wont run red lights anymore. When you dont obey the law, there often are consequences you didnt anticipate.

It truly was not hard to decide who the real asshole is in this situation: John Del Signore for using this incident as an excuse to attack Fox News.

I also agree with Oxford. I lived in NYC for ten years. Cyclists are the real menace who think they own the roads (and the sidewalks). I tend not to believe the cyclist.

I'd like to see all these tough guys commenting about cyclists "deserving it" ride a few miles in through traffic...dodging oblivious jaywalkers, car doors, and drivers speeding to catch the light before it turns. Once you get to Central Park for some evening exercise, some d-bag believes it's his right to ignore the speed limit while using Central Park merely as a short cut, lays on his horn because you aren't in the 3ft wide "bike lane"...which is full of strollers and joggers. How about a simple trade....hundreds of miles of city streets for cars to do as they please, and oh, 6 miles around the park for those not in a car?

Although it is not legal for a cyclist to use a roadway when a bike path is provided, it comes as a big surprise to most people that "dooring" a cyclist in New York State is actually illegal, as is driving in the bike lane. Regardless, purposely slamming your vehicle into another human being REPEATEDLY is a very serious crime; provocation or no. Broderick will likely be convicted, which is in the interest of any New Yorker within range of yet another irrational SUV driver (who just happens to also work for FOX news).

A bicyclist is subject to the same traffic laws as vehicles, that includes speeding. So a bike is going at or very near the speed limit, which is "holding up" traffic...well, that's exactly what it is...traffic. Try cruising at 25mph for a mile straight on any road around Central Park at rush hour...this cyclist apparently was in the left lane, leaving room for cars to speed by.

Biking in the city is crazy. Some bikers act like they can do whatever they want...go through red lights, etc. I can tell you I have almost hit several bikers who just cross the road regardless of the traffic laws. I'm not picking sides but there are some crazy bikers and crazy drivers.

Yawn... another Anti motorist/pedestrian/everyone-is-at-fault-but-cyclists post to appease stupid, hypocritical Bike Nazis who ruin cycling for the rest of us who DO exercise courtesy when riding, don't bike around with a huge-ass chip on our shoulder, or act as if the whole world is against us.

bicycle comments are boring.

What kind of idiot throws himself in front of a "4,000lb vehicle"

It's sad that some idiot cyclists have to give others a bad name.

4000lbs is low for an SUV nowadays...most are over 5K.

5000# SUV@30+mph vs 190#bike/rider@15mph >>>>> same bike vs. stationary 150# ped

Where's that $4/gallon gas tax when we need it?

bikes in Central Park are really hyper agressive. They are arrogant, without pity, and they ride FAST. I suspect there's more to the story than we got here.

All of these comments are useless. The cyclist has the legal right to use the road. Bike lane or not, he has every legal right to claim a lane. Whether he was slowing down traffic, or dressed like an asshole, he had the right to the lane.

And last time I checked, being at fault in an accident makes you legally liable for all damages.

And, a Hit and Run is a pretty serious offense.

So everyone else chill with the hate. There's been lots of hit and runs in the city today.

We were en route to a cardiac arrest yesterday and traffic was awful going uptown. It was about 730pm right after the East/West drive closed to traffic about thirty minutes prior. We were going 30 mph on the East drive with our lights and siren on and cyclists were not only barely moving for us, but giving us filthy looks. One cyclist actually completely FAILED to move out of the way, I can only assume it was intentional on account he didn't have headphones on and flipped us the bird on the way by. I will say we were driving with DUE REGARD for cyclists and not riding up their asses like some of these vehicles do (Fox 5 Driver). Now I can understand cyclists have just as much of a right to the road as vehicles do but you must understand that any road is fair game for an emergency vehicle. People don't want to move for police vehicles, fire trucks, and ambulances; none of us get any respect in the City. In a City with 4000 EMS calls a day, we have to maneuver through traffic with pedestrians who just don't care, cars that don't care, and cyclists who just want to get where they are going with no regard for anyone else. I have witnessed COUNTLESS instances where cyclists have STRUCK a pedestrian when the pedestrian had the right of way, and where there have been near misses. We were responding to an asthma attack the other day with lights/siren, had the STALE green light going eastbound when a cyclist with headphones on blasts thru the red light going northbound. I slammed on my brakes, NARROWLY missing him. He also slammed on his brakes, skidded out and went over on the asphalt in the middle of 7th Avenue. He realized how close he had just come to losing his life and of course apologized, but we had to then help this person instead of a much more serious asthma call that had to be assigned to a different ambulance coming from a much greater distance. You guys on bicycles have to realize that we are aiding the public. When you fall and break your wrist in the park we come and help. When your friend is having an asthma attack we come and help. No one moves for us when we are coming by. But just remember if it is your family member next time, remember how disrespectful you might have been to us that one time when you didn't move and now you are angry we took so long.