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in other news I feel obligated to give myself a minor demerit under extenuating circumstances for blowing through a crossing.
in my defense, I had seen the woman on the pavement and was about to slow in case she turned towards the crossing when some utter bellchief pulls alongside me with about 10 inches of space(both doing ~20mph) and then wobbles as if he's about to swerve into me. this distraction made me pause long enough that had I attempted to stop for the crossing probably would have seen my go over the bars.
the woman had yet to step onto the crossing and I passed in the middle of the two northbound lanes so plenty far away but she was waiting for us to stop and I heard the tut and as that's entirely the opposite of my riding style usually I still feel bad for it.