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an-tic-i-pa-tion (an tis uh pay'shuhn) n.
1. the act of anticipating or the state of being anticipated.
2. realization in advance; foretaste.
3. expectation or hope.
4. intuition, foreknowledge, or prescience.
5. a premature withdrawal or assignment of money from a trust estate.
6. a musical tone introduced in advance of its harmony so that it sounds against the preceding chord.

What a wonderful word to remember if you happen to ride in the streets of Toronto.

In the span of less than a week, I've had 2 near misses of being flattened on my bike, all due to wonderful Toronto city drivers....

Please all you cage loving, 4 wheeled worshippers, try to use a your eyes and a little bit of your brain when sharing the road with the rest of us. It's a jungle out there, and I feel like the prey. This ain't good, trust me.

Both incidents revolve around stupidity on the part of the driver, and the anticipation of me. (You'll be seeing that word a lot today.) Let me explain in detail.

First instance, the idiot driver was waiting to make a left into a smaller street at a traffic-lighted intersection. Losir was immediately behind the driver also waiting to turn into the same street. As the advanced green showed, both vehicles began to make the left, one after the other. When the offending vehicle had entered into the street, she immediately pulled to the right of the lane (the road being turned into had 2 lanes; one driving, one passing.)

As this occured, Losir anticpated, slowing down because making a left turn into the right lane is not standard driving practice. Without notice, head turn, or turn signal blink, the stupid driver proceeded to make a U-turn. Losir slowed and revved his engine, hoping the stupid driver would veer back into her lane before he T-boned her. She swerved a little to the right, and then proceeded to still make the U-turn. Losir did not use expletives at the time, but wanted to. The last thing he remembered was the lady looking out his way, probably surprised that she came so closed to hitting him, and that there was a bike right there; although we'll never understand why, unless she didn't notice that he was also waiting to make a left turn before the light was green. Stupid lady almost killed him. I'm glad to report that he didn't give her the universal sign of displeasure, the middle finger.

Second instance, surprise surprise, it also involves a U-turn. Losir was the first in line to make a left turn, again into a road that has 2 lanes. Opposite of him, a lady slowing down to make a right.

As Losir's side gave the advanced green light, he proceeded through the intersection. At the exact same time, the lady on the oppposite side made a rolling stop and also made the right. Losir and the lady's car exited the intersection and into the road at the same time. Her car edged towards the leftmost of her right lane. Anticipating her actions because most people can't turn their car into their own lane, Losir did not accelerate his vehicle. Again, without so much as a blink, the lady made a U-turn while they were near parallel. Losir slammed on his brakes, using every last ounce of his braking power without performing a stoppie or skidding and actually stops in the middle of the road. Worried that there was someone else making a left and can't stop quick enough to avoid rear-ending me, he looks back to make sure it's clear. It is. He finally lets the better of his judgement get to him, and honked her for a good 5 seconds. Losir thought about going back and giving her a piece of her mind, but instead just shook his head, knowing again that anticipation had saved his life. Again, her facial expression was that of bewilderment, "Where did he come from??"

In both times, if I had been in a car, we would have definitely been in an accident.

I now totally understand all the meanings of anticipation. Let's start with the first.

1. the act of anticipating or the state of being anticipated.
This is what I have to do, each time I share the road with you stupid drivers.

2. realization in advance; foretaste.
This is something you have to do, if you ride a motorcycle. Think of every cager (that is, people who drive their car like they're protected by a cage) has your name on it. And yes, they're all out to get you. Remember that, and you'll ride for a long time.

3. expectation or hope.
I expect to die, but I hope to live. Unless stupid cagers send me Heaven bound early.

4. intuition, foreknowledge, or prescience.
I already know before hand that you're out to kill me, and I'm intuitive enough to know that for some reason, you can't see a two wheeled motorized vehicle.

5. a premature withdrawal or assignment of money from a trust estate.
If I die, someone will definitely withdraw from a trust estate, in the form of an insurance policy. If I go to the race track in the sky, s/he will be a millionaire.

6. a musical tone introduced in advance of its harmony so that it sounds against the preceding chord.
I believe this is like me honking before I t-bone the car and make a lovely crunching sound with my bones. Beautiful.

...People, I can't stress enough, you guys will kill me one day. It won't even be my fault; and that ain't fair. posted by losir at 9:58 PM