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The weekend started on Thursday evening as I had Friday off. I went out to a leaving do from work. Cycling down Mill Road I was knocked off my bike by a woman who walked into the road without looking where she was going. I was knocked flying and was lucky only to bruise my arm and leg (and ruin my coat, break my pen and damage the bike).
The woman immediately blamed me for not having lights. I pointed out my lights, the well lit street and the fact I was wearing a bright yellow high-vis jacket. I suggested she look where the fsck she was going and then one of her friends intervened to calm the situation down.
I'm mostly glad I didn't notice the damage (particularly to my coat, which I got in New York) till later, as it would only have made me more angry, and I don't think that would have helped. Still I don't feel I was as angry as I should have been, given how dangerous the incident was to me. If I'd been driving the car, I think she'd have looked more carefully.
Best to chalk it up to experience - it's only my second serious incident cycling in Cambridge for over 5 years.
Posted by MFreestone at October 23, 2006 09:28 PM