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Old 09-15-10 | 11:32 AM
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puppypilgrim
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Seattle Forest and SlowandSteady have both posted very good advice. If you put that into practice, you will likely avoid future repetitions of what you went through.

If it cheers you up, I almost hit someone two days ago. I'm flying across downhill through an intersection on my green light doing maybe 15-16 mph (my light turned green and I jumped on it) when this group of teenagers and a caucasian man decided to walk across the intersection on their red. I am wearing a helmet and an orange visibility vest with 4 inch yellow reflective stripes and its broad daylight. I yell (I have a bell, its not useful in situations like these), "Watch out! Look out!". The boys by this time are still on the crosswalk but no longer my side of the road, the man turns around and walks back nearer to intercept me as I am about to cross the crosswalk. He screams and yells "Wah hoo, wah hoo" and raises his arms at me. At this point I wasn't sure if he was going to engage\ charge\hit me as I was passed him. I braced myself for impact. He did not end up touching me (we were inches from each other). After I passed him, I looked back and yelled "A**hole" and gave him the finger salute. I believe he reciprocated.

What would I do differently? I think I would just weave around them and not say anything next time. If I hit someone jaywalking because I was not able to avoid them, I will simply let the cards fall where they may. I wanted to punch the guy very badly. I am ultimately glad I did not as I could be charged with assault.
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