Almost hit a ped.. my back tire actually did swing around a little and hit his shopping bag as I was braking.

Here's the scenario. I'm cruising at a moderate speed down a slight incline in a bike lane, half the speed of cars maybe. I enter a 4 lane intersection, with a turn lane, so that's 5 lanes total, pretty wide. Light turns yellow the exact moment I enter the crosswalk on my side. If I stop now, i'll be in the middle of the intersection, so I just keep going. By the time i'm almost across, the opposite light turns red and the walk light comes on for peds. The guy doesn't even look to see if it's clear and starts walking so I yell 'WATCH OUT!", brake, and manage to stop before hitting him. Then he looks at the light, which had just turned red and gives me attitude about the light being red. I explained it wasn't red when I started through, and just went on my way, as he did as well. So now this guy probably has a negative attitude about cyclists because of a fast changing light. I guess it's timed for faster moving traffic...

I hate wide intersections..