The following dialog actually came close to happening this afternoon:
“What were you doing immediately before the crash?”
“I was trying to dig my helmet out of my pack and put it on without stopping the Segway.”
Well, see, i had got off the train in the West Portal station and pushed the Segway through the crowd out into the sunshine, and it was such a gorgeous moment that somehow i found myself atop the Segway with my helmet still in my pack where i’d stuffed it for the duration of the Muni ride. But then, as i rolled along at top speed, picturing myself having to provide the above answer to that question caused me to stop while i got the helmet out, so i survived to catch this red roof shot on 24th Street: