At the end of the day... I just hope everyone comes out okay, we all think about safety aspects and risk in different ways...

Last monday, I was going south on University from Bloor (in my Car, not biking) around 6pm. Now if you don't live in Toronto, this part of university is 3 to 4 lanes. My car was in the middle right lane and just about to pass queen street. There were 2 cyclist wearing helmets, on the right most lane also travelling south. A big tour bus was in their way, no ability to squeeze right or left. I see both of them start lining to the left. Both bikes were cruisers with very WIDE handlebars. They didn't even look to see if a car was coming and just zipped into my lane (and not even on the right side, almost to the middle. As cyclist, I knew it would have been a stupid move on their part to do this. I was prepared though, and got on the brakes well within time, veered a bit to the other lane, as I passed them. The taxi following me closely however, almost hit them.

I'm pretty sure if it was a different driver, who was less familiar with cyclist, this girl and her friend would have been dead (I was goin 60Ks), if not pretty hurt. My coworker asked me how I knew she was going to do that (he was pissed that she was not even looking), and I just said, I didn't know... just that it was a possibility, and because of that, my foot was already on the brakes.

I sure hope she works on her riding skills and judgement. Talk about bonehead moves!