After leaving work yesterday afternoon, I drove the usual route down Capitol Blvd to Trosper, from where I took the turn to get on the freeway northbound. An older Plymouth Fury was in front of me, and the first car in the lane for left-turning onto the freeway. The light changed and I followed the Fury left and we drove towards the onramp. On the sidewalk that goes down Trosper and crosses the start of the onramp there was a bicyclist, a middle-aged guy riding slowly towards the crossing. He's got a cell phone pressed up against his left ear and he's yakking away, apparently oblivious to the world around him. The Fury proceeds towards the onramp, beginning to accelerate, and just a bit before it gets there, without the slightest glance to his left (self-preservation is so overrated, you know) the cyclist turns into the pedestrian crossing, the cellphone still glued to his ear, still yakking away. The Fury's driver reacts late to this bit of insanity, but finally slams on the brakes, just as the cyclist is moseying directly into her path.
So here I am, applying the brakes myself as I watch the Fury and the cyclist begin their rendezvous. The thought rushes through my mind that I am about to witness a bicyclist get creamed by a car. Front-row seating! Wow.
Fortunately, with the screech of tires the Fury manages to stop before the bicyclist becomes a hood ornament. The cyclist continues on with his ear glued to the phone, contentedly motormouthing along, either pretending nothing had just happened or truly oblivious.
The lessons here are obvious. For cell phone users, WATCH THE HECK WHAT YOU'RE DOING! For drivers, expect the unexpected when you see a person near your path who has a cell phone glued to his or her ear.
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