Bicycle Commuting Rules

I had a little incident while riding my bike to work this morning that makes me wonder why I don't consider these rules more often:

1. Expect the unexpected


2. When a pedestrian changes course directly in front of you by 90 degrees, suddenly cutting you off, do not try to emergency brake on wet grass


3. Always have a bike repair kit and a human repair kit with you

The accident was minor in the end, some rapid exfoliation on my right knee, but made me realize that you can get pretty banged up even at slow speed.

See rule number 1.