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Old 10-06-13, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Murray Missile
Had a near entanglement earlier this week riding down the street. Old guy with a small dog on one of those reel leashes was walking across his yard toward the road. He looked right at me and walked into the road just ahead of me letting his dog run into the middle of the street. I had to go to the far shoulder to keep from hitting the dog and getting tangled up in it's leash. As I went by he smiled, waved and said "Hello", totally clueless as to what almost happened.
I don't know what people think. Do they realize that bicycles can move quickly? Do they realize that motorists want bicycles to move faster, and we are trying to comply with that request?
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