Something new has been happening in the last few weeks. People have been doing stupid stuff on the road (that's not new), but then APOLOGIZING for it (now, that's something!) Just recently I got a sincere apology from:

- an SUV driver who nearly mowed me down at an all-way stop sign (I had the ROW)

- a taxi driver blocking the bike lane (I think he misjudged where his right turn was...)

- a cyclist who ran the stop sign without looking and then suddenly, halfway through the intersection, turning her head and noticing me stopped at the white line. (Her words were: "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see you there." Good thing she apologized, but this could have been a car, you know, and one that didn't see YOU there!)