I was coming home yesterday and nearly took out a pedestrian. I was going down the road at about 26 mph since it was a straight shot down the hill. The road does have some smaller hills and when I came over the top there was a guy walking up.

The last thing I want to do is hit the guy at this speed and I couldn't tell if there were cars behind me with the wind blowing. I'm braking for dear life wondering if I should head over into the grass and hoping I don't go over the bike or take a chance and go around hoping a car isn't coming behind me as I couldn't see.

The guy isn't moving out of the way and I just took a chance and rode around him. It's not that busy of a street but you never know. He waved hi as I rode past him.

So, was there a better way to handle this? Was he supposed to walking up the road facing oncoming cars? If there was a car behind me should I hit the grass? I didn't have enough time to yell at him to move either. Yell at him that I'm going really fast and move out of the way if I had time? If I had hit him, I'm guessing I would be the one responsible since pedestrians always win.

It just really scared me as I try to be responsible on a bike. If I had been in a car, it would have been a close call as well. I'd just like to be better prepared the next time I face a pedestrian. No..there aren't any sidewalks.