Originally Posted by
owenfinn
Terrible way to start the week.
It was only about 30 seconds from home on this short narrow wet downhill slope with no sidewalk/shoulder.
http://goo.gl/maps/dPIw
The woman was walking in the middle of the road, heard me coming I guess, and moved to the right and into my path at the last second. Brakes locked and I skid into her, hitting her with the left side of my handlebars. We both fell and her elbow and knee was bleeding and scraped up.
Feel absolutely awful about it. From now on I will definitely walk the bike down this section especially after a rain.
She wasn't listening. Because, It is not as if, a bike operates on 'whisper mode'. Even without a bell they can still be heard.
Suppose you had been driving down that hill. She would be dead, because she was walking in the middle of the road.