To the woman I almost hit on my bike turning onto Buena Vista road

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

I apologize for frightening you.

When you walked into the crosswalk in front of me, I thought that you would keep going into my lane, so I prepared to go behind you. Instead, you stopped to let me pass, and it seemed like I was aiming for you. You yelled at me, which was only reasonable.

What I should have done is to stop or slow down until it was clear whether you would be in my lane, and then either go in front of you or stop to let you cross. My bad, and again, I'm sorry.

Comments

[m00n.livejournal.com]

Agreed on the eye contact thing. Eye contact goes a long way toward avoiding collisions through misunderstanding. I try to avoid biking right in front of someone whenever possible, and I never do it in a way that actually requires them to slow down, but when I do have to go in front of them I always try to make sure to look them in the eye so that they know that I'm not oblivious to them.