Originally Posted by
TRaffic Jammer
For some reason they REALLY seem to like watching the traffic in the opposite lanes than the ones they are stepping into. I'm all for looking ahead, but when I jaywalk and I see I can make it across then dbl check... then pay close attention to the immediate danger zone ..being the lane I'm about to step on, as I get closer to the center of the road I will look at the next direction of danger ONLY afte rI've cleared the lanes I'm in. It completely baffles me how someone can step into the roadway looking in the direction the closest traffic is heading.
I almost hit a lady on a side street today. she crossed about 15 feet before the corner, never looked back once and had on a hood and an ipod. When I dinged my bell as I got close to her she started looking at the ground like she dropped change. I knew she was going to go without looking, but if it had been darker and a car coming, lights out to her.
Now the guy who decided to jump out and scare me by yelling boo (seriously, boo?? come on guy) should have made sure that a) I was going to fast to slow down and b) been out of arms length when I reached out and gave him the old b!tch slap upside the head. When I'm riding on Danfoth at 6pm trying to startle a grumpy cyclist isn't too smart.