Two teens felt obligated to move over to the right… well, that’s great in USA, but here in Australia you gotta stay left as I encouraged them after another close call – went off the page, managed to stay upright in this instance. Keep pedalling!!
Incident type: Pedestrian
Riding along the path and a crowd was gathered watch some swimmer along the river. They decided to block the bike trail and I nearly crashed.
Person turning left didn’t see me or didn’t care I was on the road.
Spectator watching cars from a nearby car event standing in bike lane does not move, cyclist assumes they will stay in place and plans to pass on the left. It is only once the cyclist is very close, that the spectator dashes in front of the cyclist and enters the car they came from. (This cyclist was going slow in expectation of opening doors. If the cyclist was going at their normal speeds, the spectator would have likely been hit.)
Out for my daily ride and nearly back home when two jay walkers decided to walk straight in front of me.
Today was busy on the trail. We were being very careful with the good weather and heavy traffic but just after turning onto the trail a young girl ran Right in front of my wife and nearly hit her.
Pedestrians just walking anyway, and pretending not to see you.
Just walking out into the road without looking.
Jay walker almost walked right into me while crossing bike path.