I had an unfortunate experience once, like a deer running in front of the car.
Driving about 35 mph on a broad blvd. near Sacramento State, all of a sudden there is an IMAGE of a bicyclist in front of me, next thing my windshield exploded in my face as the Chevelle's roof concaved and I lost control of the car.

A couple of 18 year old guys on bicycles had literally darted out in the middle of the road trying to beat traffic across the street, gambled and lost. It was HORRIFIC. Amazingly there were lots of witnesses to put me in the clear, and the 3rd car behind was an MD who stopped to help, not afraid to get sued. Luckily the guy lived, everything was OK, and my car was eventually fixed. I got a lot of glass in my mouth, but otherwise was ok, as I didn't hit anything else. It was in the newspapers. ugh.

Bicyclists in San Francisco are so often utterly irresponsible, they sail through red lights, ride on sidewalks knocking people down, and every month revel in their irresponsibility and political correctness.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass I saw one Latino guy in a mid 70's Cutlass try to cross Market Street during one of those, the Critical Mass people just swarmed his car, it was not pretty. The SFPD does nothing when these take place

Sometimes not so lucky. One darted in front of a SF Muni bus, another in front of a garbage truck. Very bad outcome. As an auto driver I found them to be a scourge and a pestilence, coupled with unbelievable arrogance and hubris

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