Peds!

I saw a woman walking towards the cycle lane that I was going down... (it's got kerbs on both sides and she was going to cross over).

I thought, it's OK she's gonna stop and look when she gets to the kerb, so I ease off the pedals but don't bother pulling my brakes...

next thing I know she steps right out in front of me without looking (she has her head down, looking at her feet)...

my brain freezes up and I pull the front brake but fail to apply the back brake... front brake doesn't bite, I panic, and BLAM.

Eyebrow = cut

Front tooth = broken

All of her knuckles = grazed

Bridge of her Nose = cut

Nostrils = bloody

Leg= hurt, can't stand up

Crying

I apologise and call an ambulance... then it all sinks in... I am a fucking idiot.

I don't care that she wasn't looking... it was my fault for rushing, not slowing down enough and failing to perform an emergency stop...

Do you know what the twatting cops said? "for your own safety you should consider wearing high vis clothing in future"

I had a black coat on when they came, but at the time of the incident I was wearing a green jersey which stands right out. I said to the copper "high vis clothing only works if people are actually looking, she wasn't looking so in this case it would have made no difference"