turning a blind eye

[beccaB]

Yes, I would stop. I can't imagine people just going about their business. That is surreal. Like you're not even there. Weird.

[artifactos]

I've even stopped during the bike leg on a triathlon to ask someone if they need help with a flat tire or something. I can't imagine not stopping to see if you're okay and/or if you need help getting moving again.

The bystander effect just sucks.

[Chile Pepper]

Totally would stop. When I crashed, a couple of cars stopped to ask if I needed a lift. I didn't need help (I had called my husband--thank goodness for cell phones, I say), but it was nice of people to stop and ask.

[Lesley_x]

It hasn't happened but I like to think I would stop and help.

[PamNY]

I always check on anybody who goes down, unless there's already a crowd around them. I've never seen anybody fall without someone offering help.

I'm so sorry that happened to you. What sort of situation were you in?

[JennK13]

Wow! That's actually kind of sad. If I see someone on the side of the road/trail off their bike, I always ask if they're okay or need anything - you never know if they fell before you got there and just got up or what.
Like Artifactos, I even stopped and asked a gal if she needed help with her flat at my mtb race Sunday. I guess I believe in karma - so I'm giving it away any time I can.

[Red Rock]

I had to respond...

Once I was changing a tire on what was my new mtb but turned commuter. As I was trying to figure everything out and to start changing things, it seemed to take forever. There were something like five to six cyclists that saw me, were busy talking and enjoying their ride. They passed me on the other side of the road. None of them said anything, not even a "hi how are you doing?" It was like there was this invisble line that they did not cross. Ever since that experience, It have thought twice about it.

When I first started riding about 5-6 years ago, I was on my ride and totally enjoying being free and happy. Then all of a sudden I hear this pop and I look back at my rear tire and its going flat!! I thought oh no, I do not even have the basic tools with me to change any of this. So , thankfully, there was a couple from back East that were on vacation (They have a house here.) They stopped and helped me change my tire, pump me up, and get back on my way. Man, was I so thankful to them.

Between these expereriences, I'll take the second and not the first. I beleieve in at least asking someone if they are ok and then proceeding with my ride.

Red Rock