I had a glowing commute report all prepared in my head as I cruised in to work this morning. First commute since Dec 17 and with 1\/10th the normal traffic levels as most people were still on holidays. Cool!<\/p>\n
Then there was P-plater. <\/p>\n
Bright blue morning light (for once in Melbourne) and he manages not to see me. In a novel twist, the side-street he was crossing Whitehorse Road from wasn’t on ‘my’ side of Whitehorse, so it wasn’t like I was obscured by the curb\/bins\/lights as often happens, this guy didn’t look at the road at all. <\/p>\n
I didn’t think I was invisible, maybe I am?<\/i> <\/p>\n
You can kind of tell when a car is going too fast or has travelled too close to you to have noticed you. I thought this guy was going to turn onto my lane in my direction but he kept going ‘at’ me, heading for an opposite side-street I was riding past. I was on the brakes and had started turning away from his car when I realised he was going too fast to be turning. <\/p>\n
He finally saw me and jumped on the brakes. Luckily he was going from standing start and his green Festiva actually stopped before taking me down. I gave him the use your frickin’ eyes<\/i> gesture and continued. He was lucky the traffic was light as he ended up parked across the inbound lane. <\/p>\n
Still doesn’t get the heart rate up like a good hill and it’s a pity about the glowing commute report. <\/p>\n
Open your eyes drivers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I had a glowing commute report all prepared in my head as I cruised in to work this morning. First commute since Dec 17 and with 1\/10th the normal traffic levels as most people were still on holidays. Cool! Then … Continue reading