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ride to work (and hit a ped)
Well... I did ride to work, and I didn't hit a ped, but wasn't for
want of them trying to commit suicide on the buzzsaw! I'm sort of used to them wandering across Kent St but at least they mostly look. But today I saw peds where I haven't seen any before, and the 2 who crossed near me (at different places) neither of them looked my way at all. They just wandered onto the road. One looked the other way the whole time, the other looked the other way, then at the ground. The first one walked through stopped cars in the right hand lane of a two lane road, yours truly coming up the left hand lane. This was the one looking to her right the entire time. A yell from me, and she looked straight at me as she kept walking. Then as I hit the picks hard and got ready to swerve, eyes got through to brain and she stopped. She gave me a blank look, a sort of "I have left my sentience somewhere in the coffee cup this morning" look. Second time, was a quite deserted road, which usually is deserted. No cars, no peds, no bikes. Ghost road. So I presume expectations happened - she didn't expect to see anyone and didn't. She looked to her left, and then looked to the left again, forgot the "look right" bit, substituting "look down". A yell and she reacted a little faster than #1 and stopped. I called "thank you" and went on my way. A few more bikes on the road than usual, most of them passing me Not all though, I caught a couple so I must be getting better. Gave someone a ride of the bent at the North Sydney breakfast and had another bod sit on it. The rider was not a cyclist, I think she was part of the organisers. She wanted to get the exercise but was scared of traffic. Liked the comfort of the bent but I don't think she'd have been willing to ride any bike in traffic. The other tester was a Canadian gent who thought it interesting but didn't have a ride. A few good conversations then off to work. Zebee |
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ride to work (and hit a ped)
Zebee Johnstone wrote: Well... I did ride to work, and I didn't hit a ped, but wasn't for want of them trying to commit suicide on the buzzsaw! I'm sort of used to them wandering across Kent St but at least they mostly look. But today I saw peds where I haven't seen any before, and the 2 who crossed near me (at different places) neither of them looked my way at all. You know that on RTWD they're worth triple points? |
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