So long story short… my friend got into cycling last year and into her first car/bike altercation yesterday on her morning ride. The classic she’s in the bike lane and an SUV comes up behind her and turns right causing her to run into the side. She’s pretty much ok with a brace on her knee and a couple areas of mild road rash.

After a short stink in the ER she came into work and while telling me the story she starts getting teary eyed and upset. I ask her what’s wrong, expecting that she was still a little shook up, but instead she’s sad because the driver of the brand new SUV got his license less than hours before and it was his first day driving to school. Talk about a cyclist with a big heart!

After all of this I was feeling a little ashamed since I have bit of a temper and tend to let people in cars know how I feel verbally and visually but after talking to my friend I’m going to try to be a little better.