I took a bunch yes but thought this was the best one, if I did a wider shot for instance you would see cars too and that for me messed up the shot, so I needed to go in close. I would have preffered a bit more of the bike in the pic maybe.
As for having a camera with me I rarely leave the house without my camera, I standardly take my camera bag. I find being out in the world no fun if I cannot take pics of interesting things I run into. My boyfriend is used to me that way and always patiently waits when I see something to take a pic of.