Key in the cognition - April 30th, 2008

06:21 pm - View fom the other side

I hit somebody while biking home today. I was in the bike lane, proceeding at a good clip down a nice flat stretch of road. A large delivery truck was parked along the curb. As I zipped by it, a guy jumped out of the truck and into the bike lane, about 4 feet in front of me. Calling out to warn him, I braked hard and skidded into him pretty hard. Of course, I apologized immediately but not before he swore in surprise at being collided with. The great thing about bicycles, however, is that I didn't even knock him over and he seemed to be fine.

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