But, one dreadful day while bicycling he was struck by a car that was attempting to make a right turn. The driver glanced left and when it was clear he went for it without clearing any pedestrians or cyclists. Fortunately Patrick suffered injuries that were minimal compared to what could've happened. He has a very good heart and expressed no anger towards this driver whatsoever. The one thing that he did point out is that what that driver did many other drivers do as well and that's what problem is.
Pedestrians are vulnerable.
Many drivers fail to look out for them. Ofcourse it wouldn't be fair to not say that there are pedestrians that feel that they ultimately have the right of way and consequently place themselves in dangerous situations. The lesson is that we can never be too careful, but negligence is not being careful at all. As funny as that might sound to some of you it really did annoy many people I rode with. My rational is that lives depend on their careful driving and if I feel my driver is not driving carefully, you better bet I'm going to have him realize it.