I can't believe how inattentive some drivers are...

Last night, I was almost home. I was on my Surly CrossCheck, around 11:00PM with a 700 lumen Baja Designs lighting my way. I was wearing a reflective vest and have a variety of reflective tape around my bike. A DiNotte 140L was lighting behind me, so I'm sure the pavement had a red glow. This, and the street had scattered street lights. I was approaching a side street and a car approached and stopped. He hesitated, and I thought, great, he's not going to try to speed out in front of me.

But then, suddenly, he lurched forward and started to go. Apparently he hadn't seen me, and my retina-searing 700 lumens in his face didn't grab his attention. I smashed down my Airzound horn and he slammed on his brakes. It was so close by the time he started to go that I couldn't have avoided the collision. Fortunately, the Airzound woke him up.

The kicker - the passenger rolled down the window and yelled at me as I passed. What an idiot!

While I've preemptively used my Airzound hundreds of times, this is the first time it has actually saved me from what I thought was an imminent collision.