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

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

I'm a good judge of when a moving object will intersect my path, but it only works if you can trust the moving object to keep moving at its current speed, and too many motorist/cyclists/pedestrians change their minds 20 times in 20 feet, sending mixed signals about what they intend to do. I hate how unpredictable traffic is here.