interesting ride home tonight on rain slicked roads.

as I was going through an intersection (with the green light) I habitually looked right and left just to double check that all was okay and this truck is rolling at a modest speed toward the intersection from the right. He looks like he's ready to slow for his red light but at a certain point it seemed he was just not slowing down enough. My head said, "Hey, I've got the light and he must see me (all in orange and reflectorized with plenty of lights) but my gut said, "stop he's going through this light." thank goodness for good habits- looking even though I've got the green and never assuming they see me- and for following my gut and not my stubborn head because this guy blew right through the light at about 25 mph not even touching the brakes.

As I watched him roll by I looked at his face and from his gaze I realized he must have been looking at the traffic light for the next intersection, which was about 150 feet beyond the one I was stopped at and that light was green. I think he saw me coming into the intersection but was probably thinking damn these red light running cyclists I'm not stopping. If he had a moment of realization of his error I sure missed it. Lucky for him no one else was coming through the interesection at the same time.