Today I had to ride to my office in Northcliff to fetch some documents and clear out the last of the stuff since we had moved offices. I had my panniers on, so I thought I would be fine.
On the way, I was in the middle lane minding my own business, as one does, when I noticed in my rear view mirror, a car swerving in and out of all the cars, generally driving like an idiot. The traffic was backed up, and slow, and there were many trucks and busses as well.
Said cretin was approaching me quickly, and suddenly, the traffic in front of me stopped. Since most of us in my lane had sensible following distances, we all managed to stop with little or no effort. But the cretin apparently didn’t see me. At the last moment, he suddenly swerved (thank goodness I had seen him, and moved across to the right of the lane to give myself, and him, as much room as possible), and poured the Coke he was drinking all over his shirt. He must have missed me by 5 centimetres. I guess it’s true what they say – a miss is as good as a mile, but I would rather not have had it happen at all. I have to admit though, I was laughing at him having poured his Coke all over himself.
Just goes to show. Don’t drink and drive.
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