Brandon and I ride the frontrunner and bus to school and work every day. It saves us tons of money on gas (which is fabulous considering gas prices are around $3.70-$3.80 these days!) and is better for the environment... Ok, that really has nothing to do with the reasons why we ride the bus, but it is a plus! ANYWAY, I also ride my bike to the train station, around campus, and then from the campus to the train station cause it's all down hill and ends up being faster than the bus anyway! And more fun!
SO, I'm on the bus headed to Weber State and as we're going up 25th street all of the sudden this lady that was standing on the side of the road (probably in her late 20's or early 30's) darts out IN FRONT OF THE BUS and gets hit! The bus driver slammed on his breaks and said some choice words and all of the passengers on the bus were jolted out of their seats and dropping stuff. The lady tried to stand up but fell, it looked like she had broken her leg or something, then instead of crawling off the street the way she came she crawled ACROSS THE NEXT LANE OF TRAFFIC! Not walked, crawled. In front of other cars. I was baffled! All of the passengers on the bus had to fill out accident reports and stuff and a fire truck, police car, the UTA police, and a police man on a motorcycle all came to the "scene." The lady seemed ok from what I could see except for she was holding her leg and wincing and seemed pretty out of it.
We were asked to get off of the bus and wait for the next 603 bus to Weber to pick us up. So we did. The only problem was there was no room for my bike (which had been on the front of the bus when the lady was hit and now had crooked handle bars, a crooked seat, a bent rear tire, and a crunched basket- all of which I was able to fix except for the back tire is still a little wobbly, but just barely) on the front of the bus and the driver wouldn't let me take it on the actual bus. So, only having 30 minutes to get to my class on time (not enough time to wait for the next bus and arrive in time to make it to class) I decided to hop on my bike and ride to Weber. Let me tell you what a work out that was for me. First of all, I don't do vigorous bike riding very often, second, my bike only has one gear, third, from where I was on 25th (near the little mexican restaurants and stuff) it is ALL UP HILL to Weber State. I got a fabulous work out, and then went to my class which just happened to be my Crossfit class, which just happened to be BRUTAL. I got a fabulous work out though and I am super sore today! Which is good!
So yeah, that is my crazy story for you! Hope you enjoyed it! Don't run out in front of any busses!
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