Pros and cons

Today I ?celebrate? my first near miss. Some stupid fat Samoan type woman cut me off by turning into the Porirua Council area on Prosser Street. I came to a screeching halt about 20cm from the car. The passenger in the back seat certainly saw and heard that I was upset. You get a real fright and I couldn't help but swear. Ringing my bell to warn her of impending doom had absolutely no effect.

On the positive side; last week Friday I had a really good run up the first hill from work, and then a brave fast run down the on the other side. The rattling shook loose the icecream container full of office compost and it fell on the centre line. A nice lady stopped her car and waited for me to find a lamp post to balance my bike against, and retreive said compost (still in container). Meanwhile about 8 cars had backed up behind her. I said thank you at the time, but would like to thank this lady again for being a considerate and defensive driver.

Cycling in New Zealand 19 November 2010

There have been a lot of cycle deaths in New Zealand in the last week. This page has some interesting discussion on how to improve things for cyclists.

How to make cycling safer? New Zealand Herald readers speak up