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English
Etymology
Acronym for "Sorry mate, I didn't see you."
Phrase
SMIDSY
- (UK, Australia) Sorry mate, I didn′t see you.
2017, CJ Moseley, The Wrath of Atlantis: With Strange Aeons:“SMIDSY?” Rich chuckled, “Yeah, car pulled out into me, then literally as the guy got out and looked at me lying on the road he said,'Sorry mate, I didn't see you,' S-M-I-D-S-Y.”
Noun
SMIDSY (plural SMIDSYs)
- An accident in which a larger vehicle hits a motorcycle or bicycle because the driver did not see the cyclist.
2010, Matt Croucher, Flash Point, page 13:The motorist claimed Smidsy after the crash — ‘Sorry mate I didn't see you’.
2014, Kevin Williams, Tarmac Tactics:Bike instructor buddy Malcolm Palmer noted a few years ago that: "most SMIDSYs happen in urban situations, when the bike is travelling at 30 or under.
2017, Kevin Williams, Survival Skills, page 21:Most riders come back and talk about their SMIDSY collisions and cornering spills but we hardly ever hear firt-hand about overtaking crashes.
Usage notes
The acronym is used by motorcyclists and cyclists in reference to traffic collisions in which the driver of a car or larger vehicle claims not to have noticed a two-wheel biker. It is usually derogatory, in that the claim is often that the driver was not at fault (when they patently were).
A related usage by the UK government is LBFTS (“looked but failed to see”).[1]
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