Close call

If I were not a cyclist myself, I would have probably collided with a
guy one night earlier in the week. I was turning onto a busy
residential street. It is pretty dark with lots of overhanging trees to
minimize the benefit of what street lights there are. It was about 1
hour past sunset, so it was quite dark outside.

Cyclist was wearing dark clothing and had no headlight on his bike. If
I had not seen the movement out of the corner of my eye, I would have
pulled out right in front of him. Luckily for him I was able to stop.
The idiot would have had no way to avoid my car.

I ride at night in this neighborhood myself. It is almost perfectly
square and well laid out, so it is easy to take a street that is one
street off the main drag rather than go down the main two lane street.
I also use headlight and taillight usually on blinky mode and wear a
light colored shirt or top, at least.