Re: Bikes!

tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxx (Brent P) wrote in
news:ivadnd2yMaO_TI7eRVn-rA@xxxxxxxxxxx:

> In article <Xns96C1C7BAA88C9jyanikkuanet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jim Yanik
> wrote:
>
>> If a bicyclist comes between me and the curb,and I decide to make a
>> legal right-on red turn,they could get crunched.There's no
>> requirement that I check next to me when I have the right lane to
>> make a R-on-red,nor do I.
>
> What about the more typical situation where a driver increases speed
> to pass right before the intersection and then hooks right directly in
> front of the bicyclist he just passed?

"more typical" as defined by Brent. Not "typical" in reality.

Gee,they would only do that if the bicyclst were slowing down traffic.
If the cyclist were going -faster- as you claim,it wouldn't happen.
>
> This is why I'll ride further left at intersections.
>
>


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