What did you do on or to your CB 1100 today

[rdprdp01]

  It takes awhile for the brain to register what it's seeing...something dark rolling in the middle of one of the lanes opposite of my direction of travel. . . .As I left the EMT guys were beginning to work with the guy.  I rode home slower than normal.

You are a kind soul, pdedse, and you managed this too familiar incident well. Bicycles are even less visible to motorists than motorcycles. I ride a carbon fiber Bianchi road bike. It is common for me to ride 25-28 mph (40-45 kph). Unfortunately, many people driving cars have no frame of reference regarding how fast a cyclist can close distance. For the reasons you witnessed, I would never use a crosswalk. I ride my bicycle similar to how I drive a motorcycle with the flow of traffic never crossing lanes without the assistance of a traffic light. David