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

[sparkgrrl658.livejournal.com]

Not nearly as often as others get it wrong though and mess me up. It's amazing how someone can overtake a bike and then as soon as they pass the side window, completely forget the bike ever existed.

i have to say, tossing this in at the end of your comment is so, so frustrating. grimlocke did it in her ending comments, and someone else who's username i can't recall right now did it as well. all totally rational and understandable and then people just toss in something like 'but i mean obviously it's usually the other guy.'

where other guy is cyclist if you're primarily a driver, or vice versa, and then if you're a cyclist or a driver, change other guy to pedestrian, etc.

you'd think by now we'd all realize that, shitty as it may be, assholes exist everywhere, and it really has nothing to do with what mode of transportation you use.

[m00n.livejournal.com]

you'd think by now we'd all realize that, shitty as it may be, assholes exist everywhere, and it really has nothing to do with what mode of transportation you use.

But that's why we live in Boston!

Seriously though, maybe it's just the reason everyone should be riding bicycles because at least that way we're not angry assholes wielding 2 ton chunks of steel at high speed in tight quarters.