"Oh Shit" moments...

Not necessarily, different people respond differently to shock.

Symptoms of acute stress reaction

The symptoms show great variation but typically include an initial state of "daze", with some constriction of the field of consciousness and narrowing of attention, inability to comprehend stimuli, and disorientation.

This state may be quickly followed by either further withdrawal from the surrounding situation (to the extent of a dissociative stupor), or by agitation and over-activity, anxiety, impaired judgement, confusion, detachment, and depression. Autonomic signs of panic anxiety (tachycardia, sweating, flushing) are also commonly present.
The symptoms usually appear within minutes of the impact of the stressful stimulus or event, and disappear within 2–3 days (often within hours). Partial or complete amnesia for the episode may be present.

This happens to me every morning on Kingsland Road. There are two or three crossings in close proximity of the Overground station. However, most numpties choose to cross the road between the designated crossings while there is heavy traffic going both ways. It feels like real life Frogger.

Not necessarily, different people respond differently to shock.

+/or botox...

This happens to me every morning on Kingsland Road. There are two or three crossings in close proximity of the Overground station. However, most numpties choose to cross the road between the designated crossings while there is heavy traffic going both ways. It feels like real life Frogger.

That stretch is always dodgy, so many people just run off buses towards the station like there isn't a really wide road to cross in the middle!!

You definitely need to make that train, it's a life or death situation, right?

Always death.

I just saw an "oh shit" moment - a mum and two kids are messing about with one of those scooter things, the mum and one of the kids are standing on the scooter and the other kid is running along pulling them. They're all laughing.

The running child trips on a kerb and falls flat on his face, the scooter hits him and both the mum and the other kid land on top of him. Suddenly no one is laughing.

except you, you callous person...

And me now.

This happens to me every morning on Kingsland Road. There are two or three crossings in close proximity of the Overground station. However, most numpties choose to cross the road between the designated crossings while there is heavy traffic going both ways. It feels like real life Frogger.

LOL this is so true. Frogger indeed. Watch out.

First real oh shit moment.

In Oxford, at a set of lights on the High Street. Lots of steady cyclists in the box so when the lights go green i power off to get in front. Chain slips off, and as i'm standing up, my momentum sends me over the handlebars with the the bike following. Head. Concrete. Ouch.

No one bloody stopped so after around half a minute of lying in the middle of the road i drag myself to the pavement, take my helmet etc off and have a little sit. A passer by does check to see if i'm okay though. I lie and say i'm fine.

After around 20 minutes i cycle the rest home. Currently on the sofa as my Dr housemate goes to get takeaway. She says i'll live.

Tried to pass a bus today towards Angel just past the H&I roundabout. Crossed the big solid raised white line. Front wheel went over it fine, but the back wheel decided it'd rather just skid along the other side of the line. Went about 5 metres with one wheel either side of it, crabbing up the road growing ever closer to the arse end of the bus.

Still, at least I didn't kick a baby.

Still, at least I didn't kick a baby.

Needs to be at the end of every post in here.

Still, at least I didn't kick a baby.

Shit fixie skidders say >>>

Shit fixie skidders say >>>

Still, at least I didn't kick a baby

Ftfy

Ftfy

Still, at least I didn't kick a baby

Ftfy

Still, at least I didn't kick a baby

Single speed! oh shit

Single speed! oh shit

Still, at least I didn't kick a baby.

Ftfy

Still, at least I didn't kick a baby

To hell with all the babies. Solid stuff hurts more...
A generally shit week....

First real oh shit moment.

In Oxford, at a set of lights on the High Street. Lots of steady cyclists in the box so when the lights go green i power off to get in front. Chain slips off, and as i'm standing up, my momentum sends me over the handlebars with the the bike following. Head. Concrete. Ouch.

No one bloody stopped so after around half a minute of lying in the middle of the road i drag myself to the pavement, take my helmet etc off and have a little sit. A passer by does check to see if i'm okay though. I lie and say i'm fine.

After around 20 minutes i cycle the rest home. Currently on the sofa as my Dr housemate goes to get takeaway. She says i'll live.

It's worse than we originally thought. A&E and a bunch of X Rays later and they think i've dislocated my collar bone from my sternum. Having a CT scan on Monday to check.

That sucks. Still, at least you didn't kick a baby.

What?

That sucks. Still, at least you didn't kick a baby.

Still, at least I didn't kick a baby.

FTFY

Still, at least I didn't kick a baby.

It's worse than we originally thought. A&E and a bunch of X Rays later and they think i've dislocated my collar bone from my sternum. Having a CT scan on Monday to check.

I think your Dr. Housemate is not really earning her keep

Why? Her prognosis was correct.

Unless he's died since.

As I'm riding home in the pissing rain filtering between two lanes of traffic, a drunken homeless man steps out about 10m ahead of me, I should at him really loudly, he looks around super slowly doesn't move and I have nowhere to go so plow into him.

Luckily he broke my fall and I didn't rip my brand new goretex jacket. A few people in the street and the driver behind got out and asked if I was ok and said it was totally the guys fault, which i thought anyway but it was good to have it confirmed.

not an ideal ride home!