Originally Posted by
flangehead
Dog approach situation.
... He then walked in front of me and I hit him square on, knocking me down to the side. I have a bit of road rash and some sore muscles, but nothing serious. The dog walked away and I don’t think he was seriously injured.
I’ve got to say it never occurred to me that a dog would just walk in front of me like that while looking at me.
Thoughts:
1. ....(My family, upon hearing of my crash, were primarily concerned with the condition of the dog.)
It's been my experience that it's good practice to always expect the absolute worse and unexpected results when dealing with kids and animals -- they just do the most illogical things, since they're both on about the same mental level...and that's giving kids the benefit of the doubt. I had a kid on a little bike run directly into my rear wheel on a perpendicular direction. He was looking right at me and I was thinking, surely he's going to stop or turn away. Now whenever I see kids or animals anywhere near me, I'm on guard for the totally unexpected.
Your family being concerned about the dog...that's typical in today's world. It's a funny thing.
This is just out of curiosity, no bearing on the incident. I see you scrubbed out the business sign to the right of the shoulder.
However, I also see that you scrubbed out something in the middle of the roadway to the left of the shoulder. Why? What was it?
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