Below is a recount of my ride home from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum this afternoon.
3:15 pm
Left the museum to take my normally uneventful commute home from my day of volunteering.
3:20 pm
Watched as a Pedicab goes through a red light on Pennsylvania Ave. I was hoping he was not “hired,” but unfortunately there was a family in the back. Why risk the lives of others, let alone your life!
3:22 pm
Almost hit a pedestrian who was walking down the center of the Pennsylvania bike lane texting as he walked. Honestly! Did he think it was a sidewalk? Maybe want to be paying a bit of attention if you are in the middle of the road?
3:24 pm
Still on Pennsylvania Avenue….might have been hit had I not been paying attention and noticed a car making an illegal U-Turn.
3:35 pm
Near the end of the 15th street cycletrack, concierge hails a cab for some guests, but they don’t even look before they walk in front of me to get in the cab.
3:45 pm
At 15th and P Streets NW, pedestrians hail a cab and the taxi pulls over blocking the bike lane to load luggage and passengers.
Conclusion
I have concluded that if cyclists were in some way distracted, there would be many more collisions with pedestrians and vehicles. Inventors, please don’t make a 4 wheel bike or cruise control. LOL.