Moment of stupidity
Do you guys/gals ever make a mistake on the road, which make you think "I'm a jack*ss".
Last stretch of my 1 1/2 hour commute home. After a LONG train ride. My short stretch of the bike ride between train and home. Down hill. Calm residential streets. Many stop signs. I've developed the bad habit of running stop signs. Granted, i always slow down and approach with caution, but on this stretch, i honestly roll through about 5 stop signs every day. It's one of those stretches of road where it's kinda like a stop sign every other cross street. It honestly takes focus to remember which road is a stop or not.
This day in particular, after a hard days work, i'm daydreaming on the downhill. Next thing i know there is a car pulling from a cross street towards me in an imminent collision. I go into panic stop mode and blurt out "JESUS!", and the guy starts cussing me. I naturally cuss back, but then........"Oh my god, i'm an idiot! That was a stop sign". He pulls away cussing and i'm left there thinking about how much of an *ss i am. That's how cyclist get killed.
Any of you ever have a moment like this?
I know, i know.....obey the rules of the road. Point taken.