AG: I did it again.
On 11/21/2016 7:12 PM, NFN Smith wrote:
That said, years ago, in a narrower intersection (having a bike lane,
but no right turn), I was moving up to a light next to a large motor
home, and he suddenly turned in front of me -- I don't remember if he
was trying to make a right turn on red. More likely the light turned
green (and I didn't see the change). I was pretty surprised when the
mass of vehicle beside me suddenly became a mass of vehicle that was
perpendicular to my path. Lesson learned: go with caution when
overtaking a vehicle on the right, at a signal light...
In London last year, when there was a cluster of bicyclist deaths in one
month, it came out that most (IIRC) of them came from that sort of
situation. Mirror image, of course, for a drive-on-the-left country.
Instead of "go with caution," I prefer to completely avoid that
situation. Do not be at the curb side of a vehicle (especially a large
one) that may turn in that direction.
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- Frank Krygowski
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