Walking back from town just now along the pavement, I rounded a corner and was nearly struck by a cyclist who was riding on the pavement also. I laughed and hi-fived him, he laughed too, I said: "that was close, no worries bruv."
A gentleman wearing muslim garb, who witnessed the event, spoke to me as I passed, after the cyclist had ridden away. "He's a fucking idiot, riding on the pavement, and you just let him get away with it!" "He's like 16 or 17...but no, you're right, I should have said something....I was just so pleased I hadn't been hit! If It happens again I'll say something." "You should." he replied.
I used to cycle on the pavement as a kid and perhaps that's why I let him off the hook. Just as likely, however, in my mind, is that I was being racist, "positive discrimination" type. The cyclist was black and I am white.
A gentleman wearing muslim garb, who witnessed the event, spoke to me as I passed, after the cyclist had ridden away. "He's a fucking idiot, riding on the pavement, and you just let him get away with it!" "He's like 16 or 17...but no, you're right, I should have said something....I was just so pleased I hadn't been hit! If It happens again I'll say something." "You should." he replied.
I used to cycle on the pavement as a kid and perhaps that's why I let him off the hook. Just as likely, however, in my mind, is that I was being racist, "positive discrimination" type. The cyclist was black and I am white.