When I am riding I often ride past speed cameras. If this happens, I make sure that I try and warn any oncoming traffic to slow down and not get a ticket. I do this by waving my hand up and down, and if I think the driver hasn’t quite understood what I am doing, I imitate taking a photo with an imaginary camera.

Nearly every man sees me and then gives me a thumbs up or a wave as if to say cheers, but very rarely do I catch the eye of a woman and when I do, they give me a weird look like I have something on my face. This may seem pretty contrived but since I have been riding my bike regularly each time it happens I have the same results.

Now I know that girls can do a “girl look” and find something lost about 10 times quicker than a guy but when it comes to spotting the weirdo riding along the side of the road making strange hand gestures, they just don’t cut it.

Two acts of kindness.

1. After being given a train ticket for not enough zones by the ticket lady, the policeman who is inspecting my ticket lets me go without a fine.
2. The bus driver on the way home from work let’s me go on the same ticket, still without the right zones.