I hit a Ped.

[DJ]

Been there. Done that.

A few years back….. Two peds decided they could run across the (narrow) road in front of me... They stopped and looked, but still decided to make a run for it. Then one of them changed their mind and stopped. The other continuing, blocking the only other escape route. I did brake, but I couldn’t avoid hitting her. She went down and I went sliding. Her friend helped her up and then they started to walk off! I realised I was laying in a bit of a blind spot and still on a road so picked myself and my bike up and limped off onto the pavement. Before I had assessed my injuries they were gone. Suffice to say, I can still feel the lump in my mouth caused by the injury. No sorry. Nothing.

Countless near misses and a few years later:

Just the other day, these two blokes both had *just* managed to narrowly avoid two lanes of traffic by running over a dual carriageway and were boasting about it to each other when about to walk across the (parallel) cycletrack, without looking. Bear in mind this is a downhill stretch for me, and I wasn’t going slow (I think 35mph is my record): I made my presence known as one of them stepped out without looking. The second stopped, as you would expect. But the one who was now nearly half way across, looked at me and decided to play “chicken”. Moving away at the last second. If we had connected, it wouldn’t have been minor injuries!


I think I need a camera!

Wow !!! That is really dumb!!!

 

[yenrod]

It surprises me that some people think a cyclist hitting them WILL NOT hurt.

 

[hackbike 666]

Nice ped on today's commute.Knew he was going to step off of the pavement but he looked round and waited so I let him go first.Smiles all round.

 

[Vikeonabike]

Went over the handlebars because of a ped last night.
OK I was chasing him at the time and he did suddely change direction, running across my front wheel, I grabbed a hand full of brake and went over the tops. Nice dent in helmet, various bruises and a gashed leg. Bike survived the fall better than I did. And CCTV eventually managed to get me some help once they had stopped laughing!

Pride bruised more than anything else.

 

[hackbike 666]

It surprises me that some people think a cyclist hitting them WILL NOT hurt.

It didn't hurt them but it bloody hurt me.

 

[Bman]

Brilliant reason/s to wear a helmet. Or should we call it "anti-ped armor"!?

 

[Brahan]

I hit a Ped
and I liked it


*Sorry but that Katie Perry song has been in my head all weekend.

 

[Scratch]

I've had a few pedestrians step out into the road without looking. I know its wrong and dangerous but I normally aim for just in front of them to scare the crap out of them as I whiz past. Either that or I blast the air zound at them.

I've had a couple of chavs step out into the road deliberately to try and scare me, both times I sped up, gritted my teeth, tried to look like a madman and played chicken back. They both jumped out of the way first. One even shouted in shock as I just missed him. I figure he'll look like an idiot to his friends whether he has to jump out of the way or if he gets hit. One way's a lot more painfull to me though

 

[Bman]

I hit a Ped
and I liked it


*Sorry but that Katie Perry song has been in my head all weekend.

In fact, evey time ive looked at this thread since Catrike uk mentioned it, that song has come to mind

Edit: Shame its not true. When we hit these careless peds, we usually go down as hard (if not harder) than they do. Hence the need for the aforementioned "anti-ped armor"

 

[Amanda P]

I was once cycling along a street in York. No traffic, but it's a quiet street and there were lots of pedestrians about, including a small all-male gang of what looked like Uni freshers.

I had to pass quite close to them because of other peds. I was only going at a walking pace. One of them, as I passed, turned and shoved my shoulder, hard, clearly intending to push me off the bike. I wobbled, but didn't fall down, and they all had a good laugh.

I turned around behind them, and passed the same guy again. As I passed, I gave his shoulder a good shove. He did go down - he hadn't been expecting this - and his mates thought it was hilarious.

Just now and again...

 

[Scratch]

LOL

I'd be too afraid of missing and ending up falling off myself.

I turned around behind them, and passed the same guy again. As I passed, I gave his shoulder a good shove. He did go down - he hadn't been expecting this - and his mates thought it was hilarious.

Just now and again...

 

[hackbike 666]

No probs with today really as after the other weeks lesson I decided to avoid Cannon Street and instead came back via Bank.Unfortunately I had a not so nice incident with a lorry which had been in the left hand turn lane and had to cut across as he wanted to do a right turn cutting me up in the process.I guess he could see my hi-viz in his mirror.

 

[skrx]

I was seeing how fast I could get my new bike to go yesterday

The dual carriageway next to my house, going straight down a hill, on a Sunday afternoon, seemed the best place to test. I had the bus lane to myself, and managed 45km/h at some point (according to the "max speed" thing on the computer, which I haven't yet checked for accuracy).

At the bottom of the hill there are some traffic lights (crossroads). I slowed down a lot, probably to 20km/h-ish, but the lights were green and there were a few cars in the other lane. A pedestrian stepped out from the right, straight in front of a car I was just behind and to the left of. The car braked hard and stopped a couple of metres from her. She jumped in front of me as she saw the car, then saw me and screamed. I stopped with 15cm to spare, I'm glad I was on a new bike with excellent brakes!

 

[hackbike 666]

How did you get to 45 kmh?

 

[Auntie Helen]

On Friday nights I have choir practice and I end up cycling home through Colchester High Street at about 10pm. Needless to say this is a pretty busy time of night with lots of amusing lads having fun.

There's a sustained downhill for about a mile and I am always amazed (though shouldn't be by now) how many groups of lads decide to pretend to step out in front of me. I am always very alert for them and give them a wide berth. But don't they realise that a heavy woman on a 17kg trike at 30mph might just hurt if I hit them? Let alone the sharp bits at the front of my bike (chainrings).