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Speaking of the green cross code, I hit a pedestrian on Friday afternoon. He stepped out in front of a car leaving me with no time to attempt to stop. As a result I went flying over the handlebars and hit the deck, I'm not injured and neither is he, but the collision buckled my front wheel (has been fixed) and bent the fork slightly.
The guy was pretty sound and has offered to pay for the damage to the wheel but I'm not going to pursue the damage to the fork as I intend to replace my frame and fork as soon as I can get some cash together.
This is an all too common occurrence, for the most part cars etc are predicable in their movements on the road, but pedestrians are a nightmare. I have been forced into far too many compromising situations as a result of pedestrians stepping out in front of me.