On Friday, August 2, 2013 12:21:35 PM UTC-5, Anne Paulson wrote: > > Ron, > > Not only did your friend take ten minutes longer, but he failed on one > very important safety rule: > > Do not place yourself to the right of right-turning cars if you are > going straight. > > Going straight when the cars to the left of you are turning right is a > recipe for being right hooked. So many people get this one wrong. In > my area, we sometimes have to go through freeway > overpasses/underpasses. I see so many cyclists failing to make the > merge away from the freeway on-ramp lane, before it turns into the > on-ramp lane. Then they are forced to cross the on-ramp at a right > angle, passing in front of cars that don't expect traffic to their > right. Don't do this. > > San Antonio is pretty good on bike lanes, and getting better, but an inherently dangerous spot is where bikes have to merge left go straight and cars have to cross the bike lane into a right-turn-only lane. Chicken is an unintentional sport here. This is where a good blinking taillight may wake a drive up from their oblivion to recognize what is going on.
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