Earlier this week I noticed a man filming me with his cellphone while he drove down Raleigh Rd in #ChapelHillNC. Finally got the chance to pull my bike-cam footage and get some screenshots of his vehicle. It's the gray Ford Explorer with the wakeradiology.com branding.
If you see his video of me (white woman, yellow helmet, black mid-tail cargo bike) posted anywhere on the internet, please report it. What he did was illegal & creepy AF.
so yeah, I'm riding on the sidewalk.
@DrTCombs Seems like you ought to be able to report him to Wake Radiology.
@hydropsyche working on that for sure! he probably has a regular route through town, since our main health care provider has contracts with wake rad.
@DrTCombs you don't need any excuse to prioritize your safety 😀
@DrTCombs as a not yet ebike owner, this terrified me! How in the heck is this driver not losing their license!?!?
@somcak
My thoughts as well. Lose the license and the car....
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@DrTCombs We can only dream of a world where he was sending his wife the video to say "Hey honey check out this cool cargo bike I saw, we should get one!" 😢
@AGTMADCAT
You know, I love this interpretation so much
@DrTCombs I'm a little confused which part of it was illegal, Him filming you or him filming you while driving?
@calciume
Operating a hand held cellphone while driving is illegal.
But I'm assuming you know this and are just harassing me.
Ruminating as I wait for the #WakeRadiology callback that'll never come...maybe the guy was taking issue with the fact that I was riding on the sidewalk? That's the only thing I can think of, except the more obvious he was taking issue that I was a woman in public.
But here's the thing.
a) #sidewalk riding is legal here
b) this is a multilane roadway where local PD routinely clocks drivers going 60mph+
c) drivers like this guy are more interested in their tiktok than in not killing people