David Byrne of the Talking Heads is writing a memoir chronicling his experience as an avid bicyclist, and in one excerpt of the book talks about almost running over Paris Hilton with his bike. Almost? Sounds like someone wasn't trying hard enough.

Writing in his forthcoming memoirs, Bicycle Diaries, Byrne recalls, "(Hilton was) holding her little doggy, crossing the street against the light and looking around as if to say, 'I'm Paris Hilton, don't you recognize me?' (New Yorkers) have enough brains not to walk in front of a truck, but they'll step right into the path of a cyclist, thereby initiating a game of urban chicken." (Source)

I'm also a city bicyclist and I fucking hate it when idiots step out in front of my bike. Although I usually brake or swerve (with a good dose of swearing) out of a preference not to get horribly injured and all. But with Paris Hilton I might take that risk. Of course, I'd also take the precautions of installing razor-sharp cattle horns to the front of my bike and staking out her hotel room. You can never be over prepared when it comes to bicycle safety.

At that idiot's civil trial for not promoting her movie on July 10th: