Originally Posted by
tigerteeuwen
The more i ride my bike everyday, the more i realize how utterly detached people are from reality when driving.
The reality of how fast they are going, and how quickly things could go wrong.
The reality of them not paying attention, and having moments of temporary "blindness" to consequences.
Don't take it to heart though, just try to stay safe.
I was riding a MTB on the sidewalk the other day, there happened to be another guy behind me a MTB too, as I crossed the street a woman in a car almost hit me but I saw she was on the phone and I stopped, she saw me the last second and she stopped. I waved politely and said thank you, the guy behind me on the bike said to me, "why did you thank her, she was on the phone and almost hit you". Well when she finally saw me she hit the brakes,,,I guess thats all you can ask for. We on bikes know whats out there, we are the ones that will get killed and we have to take responsibility for trying not to get killed lol.
most of the time when they say "sorry I didnt see you" they are telling the truth.
I agree "try to stay safe"