Today's commute was an average commute until a tractor trailer decided to take right of way to make a right turn from the left lane as I was getting ready to walk my bike across the crosswalk. Fortunately I saw him coming and figured he wouldn't stop.

Then on the way home, I get to the last 1/4 mile from my apartment, and am crossing the crosswalk. A lady is walking on the sidewalk near where I'm headed and tells me she has mace. Normally the people I see on my commute to/from work I'd say have a good day or something like that, but she shocked me with the I have mace comment. I admit, it was 2am, but I've never encountered someone this paranoid about a guy crossing a crosswalk with a bicycle. Oh well, but I got a laugh out of it on the last bit of my journey home and it was a reality check for how little faith some people have in other people these days.

When was the last time you got mugged by a guy on a bicycle with lights on, rack and panniers?