The other day I was riding alone on a flat section of road with woods on both sides when I spotted a chipmunk starting to cross in front of me. As I was doing 17 mph I immediately slowed down to ascertain whether he was in fact going to complete the journey. He then slowed down also. I slowed down a little more. He slowed down. We both pretty much stopped in the road for a moment looking each other over. He must have decided I was not very interesting and went back the way he came. Very amusing and thankfully not disastrous for either of us.