Yesterday I was riding my bike home just before sunset. As I was passing by Aggie Grey's Hotel on Beach Road, a tourist couple was trying to cross the street. I made eye contact with them. They saw me. Initially they both stopped, so I sped up.

Then they guy stepped out in the road right in front of me. I swerved to avoid him, crossing into the line of oncoming traffic and almost had a head on collision with a taxi.

I recovered just in time to swerve back into my lane. Then I heard the woman say in her pompous antipodean accent, "It is a pedestrian crossing", as if it that excuses her husband.

That was one of the stupidest things I've heard in my life. Since when does the existence of white painted lines on the road excuse pedestrians from taking caution when crossing the street? You can't cross the street any old time you want, not taking into account the ability of oncoming traffic to stop, simply because there is a cross walk. I wanted to turn around and the slap the fucking shit out of her. Good thing for I'm a gentleman.

It's bad enough that I have to avoid pigs, chickens, little Samoan boys and vicious dogs, but stupid tourists as well? Come on, people.