everyone is fine

[miss_chance]

Today something very, very bad didn't happen.

What I mean to say is that there was an almost that was so very terrible that I really don't want to think about it, except every once in a while the young boy's face pops into my head with that look of abject fear, as he barely dodges on his bike around the hood of my van, just in the nick of time.

Comments

[lillibet]

So glad nothing bad happened. What an awful scare!

[42itous]

Eeep.

There needs to be a campaign to educate the public in general about bicycle-related safety. I can easily imagine the kid's parents thinking, "As long as we teach him to stay on the sidewalk, he doesn't need a helmet." I've certainly interacted with my share of drivers who thought *I*, an adult commuter, belonged on the sidewalk.

[blk]

Argh, how terrifying. I'm glad nobody was actually hurt.

And argh, poor bicycle safety for kids. I had a conversation just this weekend with another mom who didn't want her kids riding on the street and I tried to emphasize that the sidewalk can be MORE dangerous.

[bedfull_o_books]

And now you have a story to back it up.

Holy cow.....

[bedfull_o_books]

How scary.

There but for the grace of god

[drwex]

I had something not-too-far-removed myself recently when doing a left turn into a driveway and a pedestrian who was too busy talking on her cellphone abruptly stepped off the curb. So I feel your adrenaline and it's good to avoid these things.