I almost witnessed a semi truck-bicycle accident yesterday. The bike was in the green left turn lane box and started to turn. The bike rider was an older man and apparently had not noticed that the truck was coming through the intersection. It looked like the truck did not realize the bike was turning. They both stopped quickly, leaving a few inches between themselves.

For a few seconds nothing happened.

Then the biker lost his balance and fell to the ground because he had stopped mid-turn. It was hard not to laugh at him because it looked like he was faking an accident.

It reminded me of this video. That’s not what this guy was doing though. He just lost his balance but his timing was funny. He stood up and brushed his leg off. The guy in the passenger seat of the truck rolled down his window and asked, “Are you okay?”

Once the biker got to the sidewalk he looked at his leg, which appeared uninjured from where I was. He then gave the truckers a thumbs up and said, “Good to go.”

The truckers pulled over anyway and, as I was driving away, both the driver and the passenger were walking towards the biker to make sure he was okay.

In the beginning of this whole incident I was like, “Oh no! There’s about to be a bad accident!” But then there wasn’t and I was like, “Oh, phew.” But then he fell over I was like, “Oh no!” But also that part was funny looking. I’m glad he didn’t break his hip or anything. I was ready to get out of my car and help him though, if he needed it. Then he got up and I was like, “Oh yay!” Then everyone was so civil and nice it felt like one of those TV shows for little kids where everyone is disgustingly nice.