I was riding in rock creek park today on one of the closed roads. A family was standing on the grass next to the road when all of a sudden, without looking, this 8 year old girl runs out into the road. I have enough time to yell 'watch out!' and then I slammed right into her--flipped over the bars and onto a nice dirt/gravel mixture. I got all dirty and bloody and she's fine, just shaken up a bit. Thankfully her parents were logical and didn't try to blame me. but I dunno...do kids count as animals?