clippetydoodah
Active Member
Lovely morning, and day 3 of my commutes, 120 miles by the end of today.
It's been a nice week, except for a couple of small issues. This morning I had
a narrow miss with a Collie. Not the dogs fault of course. I was doing about 16 mph
down a shared, wide path, when said Collie wanders into my path. I had to slam on and
nearly went over the bars. As I passed the owner I suggested that she wasn't in control of
her dog. She wasn't as the lead was round her neck, and the dog was about 20ft away from her.
She didn't even shout it. Her response was that I shouldn't have been going so fast, and people
on horses and walkers use the path. The path doesn't have a speed limit as far as I know.
She failed to take any responsibility for the near miss. I am a dog lover and would have
been upset if I'd hit the poor pooch. I mean, it wasn't as if she couldn't see me with my
front light blinking away, she was too busy talking to her friend. Still no harm done.
Last night I nearly got rolled into at a junction. Car edging out and I guess he didn't
see me. It drew a gasp from a fellow cyclist behind me. The driver was oblivious.
It's been a nice week, except for a couple of small issues. This morning I had
a narrow miss with a Collie. Not the dogs fault of course. I was doing about 16 mph
down a shared, wide path, when said Collie wanders into my path. I had to slam on and
nearly went over the bars. As I passed the owner I suggested that she wasn't in control of
her dog. She wasn't as the lead was round her neck, and the dog was about 20ft away from her.
She didn't even shout it. Her response was that I shouldn't have been going so fast, and people
on horses and walkers use the path. The path doesn't have a speed limit as far as I know.
She failed to take any responsibility for the near miss. I am a dog lover and would have
been upset if I'd hit the poor pooch. I mean, it wasn't as if she couldn't see me with my
front light blinking away, she was too busy talking to her friend. Still no harm done.
Last night I nearly got rolled into at a junction. Car edging out and I guess he didn't
see me. It drew a gasp from a fellow cyclist behind me. The driver was oblivious.