Had a few near misses but never hit anyone. I tend to try and stare down people as best as i can so they KNOW that you know they are there.
Its the people that use pushchairs to create gaps in the traffic that get me.
Supposedly the most important thing in their world...unless they want to cross the road. Then the poor little bugger in the puchchair gets used as a stop sign! Insane
I'm kinda with Bez on this, despite the fact that it would disadvantage my own god-like progress through civilisation, I'm totally in favour of the 'naked' streets concept for many areas, where noone has priority, and its up to vehicles to take care.
Pedestrians constantly get the s*itty end of the stick where planners are concerned, No wonder this country has turned into America-lite where only the poorest walk.
PS, noone should be allowed to smugly mention Darwin, Darwin awards, and the rest, unless they've read his works (and understood them)
noone should be allowed to smugly mention Darwin, Darwin awards
Why not? A Darwin Award is a tongue-in-cheek honour named after evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin. Awards have been given for people who "do a service to Humanity by removing themselves from the gene pool" (wikipedia)
Humour not allowed in Pompousland?
took out a ped going down the road in hyde park
he was just wandered into the cycle lane, I almost got round him bit my bars clipped him and we both went down hard
he says hes really hurt so i call an ambo, all the while hes abusing me for being an idiot and im trying to explain hes just stepped into a cycle path, when the paramedics get out all of a sudden hes in loads of pain etc etc
anyway a week later get a letter from his solicitor saying hes suing me, i had no idea what to do, fortunately blagged on my folks house insurance for personal liablity and teh company told him to f- off, but it still irks me that he was so ken to try it on, so anyway jopin teh ctc or makesure you have liability cover on youre house insurance
also whilst walking in the pavement in cambridge had a middle aged woman crash into me on her shopper, i was fine just staggered a bit and got a bruise on my back, she went flying, cuts scrapes in shock really
what can you do!
Only if its funny, DezB
Most of the folk I see that find the Darwin awards funny not only dont have much of a sense of humour, but plainly dont understand evolution either.
(pomposity caps off) 
BTW kimbers, again just 'cos its a 'cyclelane', doesn't mean you have any special right on it. One very good reason to avoid them like the plague is their proximity to the pavement( and poorer mutual visibility for cyclists and pedestians)
I saw a bloke lying face down on the ground next to his bike on a cycle path this morning. Just next to where it crosses a side road. Judging by the car stopped just after turning into the side road, they'd both been playing the "it's up to the other person to get out the way" game 
should come to bristol. the first to be a cycle city and it still sucks here. people getting in your way, drivers road hogging and people walking out in front of you. some approach has been - i didnt see you. am i invisible or should i fly next time...
simon, one of my (self-righteous) 
points is that we cant exactly complain about drivers 'roadhogging' when we're giving the same attitude to pedestrians.
simon, one of my (self-righteous) points is that we cant exactly complain about drivers 'roadhogging' when we're giving the same attitude to pedestrians.
Well I think most of us are talking about "peds" that can't hear anything coming, so just think there must be nothing coming without bothering to look, and then they just run out into the road right into a cyclist.
And I'm just saying that even for those types we should have a bit of sympathy.
The road enviroment is that much of a jungle, that the pedestrian is understandably geared to looking (or listening) for the biggest, most obvious danger. Like avoiding the stampeding elephants and instead getting bitten by the snake you've just trod on.
I wouldn't say peds get a shitty time, there can't be anything really planned without taking into account peds (& associated public transport). Cycling comes off worse IMHO, with poorly designed cycle lanes, if you use them, and distinct lack of secure bike parking in many public projects.
The road enviroment is that much of a jungle, that the pedestrian is understandably geared to looking (or listening) for the biggest, most obvious danger
I've been a pedestrian since the age of about 4 and never managed to walk out in front of a bicycle.
I've been a pedestrian since the age of about 4 and never managed to walk out in front of a bicycle.
I sort of did once. I turned round with a large rucksack on that must have overhung from the pavement as I did it. Fortunately she wasn't shaken as she picked herself up, but she was most certainly too near the pavement
I ran down a blind man once.
He was on his way to theological college at the time, and had to call in from the ambulance to explain he would miss his St Paul lecture.
It could only have been worse if I'd hit a nun.
DezB, despite my great wisdom on these matters, I have almost walked in front of a bike myself on a number of occasions.
This shows two things; One, you are admittedly a more skilled pedestrian than me (tip:consider stepping up a pedestrian grade to elite level)
Two, if you cant do - teach! 
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