I know it was an accident and all, but I'm surprised he didn't deck the guy.

Well I assume like most people, Usain Bolt is not an asshole.

I just hope someone got that guy's insurance info. He may be paying Mr. Bolt for loss of an incredible income.

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I don't like this clip for the music. They're making it out to be a big goofy joke. It's not very funny to me to see two people take a hard fall and be hurt, albeit mildly.

Well, obviously Bolt wasn't very fast...

Do you say that because, from Bolt's perspective, he's not aware of what's going on and thought the dude might have done it on purpose? Or do you come from/live in the kind of environment where that's the normal reaction to an accident between two people?
This isn't meant to provoke or disrespect you; just meant to be a question.

Camera guy just dropped about $25,000 or so on the ground, too.

'Deck' may be over the top. Putting myself in his shoes, at the time, it may have seemed intentional. He just got up and kept going which seemed odd. I'm sure I would have asked the dude what had happened. In retrospect, after seeing the whole video, I'd be pretty pissed that this idiot is tooling along on his segway apparently not competent to operate it (and couldn't he have just walked along with the camera?). It's about as careless as texting while driving. I'm not sure if Usain Bolt is still winning races, but the legs this guy ran into are what puts food on his plate. So yes, I'd be pretty pissed.

A) it's his job to use the camera on the segway. It's not like he's just being lazy.

B) at 5 seconds, he hits the rail on the right. I don't think anyone could have recovered from that.

Basically, it was an accident. Sometimes unforeseen things happen. It's certainly unfortunate, but I don't think you could call it "careless".

Besides, even if you were pretty pissed, you do realise that "decking" someone is assault, right? Being involved in an accident isn't a legal defence for assaulting someone. If Bolt had punched him, he'd most likely be facing charges and 100% facing a lawsuit.

I agree it's an accident, but I still think it was extremely careless. He wasn't competent at his job and it should be pretty obvious that you shouldn't drive a vehicle while filming something that isn't in the direction of where the vehicle is traveling (or at all for that matter).

Yes, I get it would be assault. Had it happened, I'd guess that he'd feel bad about it afterwards. In the heat of the moment, I wouldn't have been surprised had it happened. Where do you draw the line on being responsible for doing something idiotic even if technically it was an accident?

Once again, it is literally his job description to look somewhere other than the direction he's going. Thousands of camerapeople do this at sporting events the world over. If you have an issue with that, it's the employer's fault, not the guy who was just doing his job.

Now, that said, even though it's an accident, he's certainly responsible and more importantly, liable (although technically, I'd imagine the liability would fall on his employer).

None of which would excuse punching the guy. If Bolt had punched him, "feeling bad about it afterwards" would be the least of his problems. Obviously, it depends on the jurisdiction, but generally, losing your temper is not an acceptable defence for assault, unless he had reasonable grounds to say that he was defending himself somehow.

That's the first time I've ever seen someone driving a Segway at a sporting event. I'm not trying to contest your assertion here, I just haven't seen it. To me it still seems like a really stupid idea and irresponsible both for the camera person and the employer. Drive this vehicle, but don't pay attention to where you're driving so you can get that 'shot' that you could have gotten had you been walking. Not to stir the pot too much, but if there are thousands of people doing this, I'm surprised other athletes haven't also been assaulted by out of control Segways.