1. Your front tire starts to lose air.   2. You almost drop your water bottle.   3. You hear screeching tires.   4. A truck engine registers in your subconscious as being awfully close.   5. Another bicyclist waves.   6. You spot someone in a car you know or want to know.   [...]

1. This is not my week. Heck, this is not my decade.   2. Do you want to walk it off? Never mind that. Poor suggestion.   3. Have you noticed? It’s not safe to walk here.   4. Did you have blinders on?   5. What do you say we have a few drinks. [...]

1. Not looking for bikes in the bike lane.   2. Cutting through traffic.   3. Sharp turns without looking.   4. Stopping abruptly without looking in the rear view mirror.   5. Reading a map or directions while driving.   6. Eating and driving.   7. Drinking and driving.   8. Not repairing bad [...]

1. Bicycle accidents rarely happen in the park.   2. Bicycles get damaged easily.   3. You can’t ride to the hospital with a broken bike.   4. Ambulances don’t come cheap.   5. Hospital emergency rooms like to make you wait.   6. Doctors tend to give out bad news and expensive prescriptions.   [...]

1. Youâ??re trying to pedal faster to keep from being hit, but your bicycle wonâ??t get out of the lowest gear.   2. Thereâ??s a gas tanker truck bearing down on you.   3. Thereâ??s another one coming from the other direction.   4. Youâ??re delivering newspapers with your bicycle when one of the newspapers [...]