I was a tad reckless last night on the ride home and almost rear ended a caddy. Cars at my only busy intersection were backed way up, with the cars in the right lane blocking the bike lane (which they often do). So I made my way down towards the light by slowly riding inbetween the two lanes of cars. The light turned green just as I neared the head of the pack. I motioned to the car to my right that I wanted to pull in front of them. They gave me the nod, so I blasted off to pull in behind the caddy. The caddy locked up its brakes just as I pulled behind it. I still am not sure why, other than they wanted to plant me onto their trunk. I humped on the brakes and lucky for me, the 60 lbs in my Burley kept the rear wheel pinned to the ground. I stopped with two feet to spare.

My next incident occured towards the end of my ride. I turned off an side street onto a more heavily traveled road. I almost ran head on into a pack of college students who were out for a run. None of them appeared to have reflective clothing on and my helmet LED was just about out of juice.

I am glad this morning was calm and relaxing.