Fluffy Wabbit 1, cyclist 0

[jonny jeez]

Was the rabbit wearing a helmet, wouldn't have happened if it were.....

 

[postman]

Was the rabbit wearing a helmet, wouldn't have happened if it were.....

No but it had a lucky rabbits foot.

 

[Kookas]

Because not all of us are heartless and the initial reaction was to try and avoid rather than run over it which would probably have caused an off anyway., cyclepath is only about 3 foot wide as well with grass either side so its not like you could see it before it dived out either.

I wouldn't call that course of action heartless - it's you or the rabbit. Personally, I know which I love more.

 

[BentMikey]

Nothing to do with being heartless, and everything to do with making a situation far worse than it needed to be. My Dad's anecdote stuck with me: him taking driving lessons, and whilst a passenger in the car with another student driving, that student swerving wildly to avoid a dog and almost crashing into a mother and her children.

Steer or brake as much as possible, but no swerving.

 

[semislickstick]

I applaud your non hitting of the bunny, this happens an awful lot on one of the off road routes I take. I ring my bell constantly before anything happens, to catch their attention before they get spooked when I'm too close. I also do this when there are cows around the cycle path. If I hit either of them I'm betting I'll be hurt too.

 

[Arjimlad]

If you sing as you ride along the bunnies will be alerted to your approach.

I hope they don't continue to "bugs" you too much.

You could try a variation of Gerry & the Pacemakers "How do you do"

"You give me a feeling in my heart,
like a rabbit (like a rabbit)
running through it (running through it)
I s'pose that you think you're very smart (very smart)
But won't you tell me how do you stew it ?"

 

[cyberknight]

Nothing to do with being heartless, and everything to do with making a situation far worse than it needed to be. My Dad's anecdote stuck with me: him taking driving lessons, and whilst a passenger in the car with another student driving, that student swerving wildly to avoid a dog and almost crashing into a mother and her children.

Steer or brake as much as possible, but no swerving.

Yup in a perfect situation but there was no time to brake or room to steer around it properly as it jumped out of the verge at the last second, so it was either run over the blighter or as i did rightly or wrongly a twitch to try and avoid.
We are talking clocking about 20 mph along this bit of path which is a dang sight safer than attempting the roundabout of death further up the road...
http://goo.gl/maps/mZmN3

 

[TonyEnjoyD]

I tried to punch a pigeon that flew close and parallel to me the other day.
Just an urge I got!