So, I nearly get run over twice this morning on my way to the bus to work. First by an idiot bicyclist who comes up behind me and does nothing to signal she’s there. If I had taken one half step to the right at the wrong time, she’d have taken my knee out.
Note to bicycle-riders: you do not own the right of way. You may feel virtuous for being healthy and saving the Earth or whatever, you may be hugging yourself and kissing the mirror in self-delight, but you are still riding a vehicle that can cause injury. Keep it on the street where it belongs, not the sidewalk. And if you can’t, at least have the courtesy to signal!
The other incident was the usual moron turning right but not looking right, thus not noticing the pedestrian on the curb, because said moron is too busy watching traffic on his left. I really think I should have the right to fire an incendiary round into the gas tanks of said morons
This has been your public-service gripe of the day.
A Seat By The Fire 
Regarding bicycles, I am with you 100%. But when I’m driving a car, a pedestrian or bicyclist can always manage to get in front of me if they choose to — and it is a choice. If I see you, and you’re following the rules of the road, then I will nod my acknowledgment and wait my turn. But if I can’t see you, and you step in front of me, then shame on you.