I’m not proud of myself today. I had a date at 6:00, so I left work promptly at 5:00. Of course, this is the day that traffic backs up. And I get into one of those modes where I don’t want to wait in a jam, so I’ll make every turn possible to avoid them. This inevitably lends itself to more and interesting traffic jams. Eventually it ends up frustrating me completely.
The lack of pride comes from a desperate gamble to make it through a yellow light. I’m pretty sure it turned to red before I entered the intersection. And the wheels did feel rather wobbly on the sharp turn I had to do.
The annoying part is that I would have easily made the light, safely and legally, if a bicyclist hadn’t chosen an inopportune time to use a pedestrian crosswalk. This delayed me by precious seconds that I really needed to make the light.
If you’ve ever been stuck in far too much traffic, you will understand the frustration at waiting for another long red light. Particularly when you have an important appointment to get to.
In my heart I’m sure that light had a red-light camera attached to it. So if that bicyclist had been a few seconds later, I wouldn’t have a ticket coming to me.
Or if I had just slipped through the crosswalk before he had entered my lane.

Not proud!