The one time I was hit by a car was at an intersection, going straight and failing to look left at a car that was turning right. Fortunately the damage to me and bike was relatively light and the driver's insurance paid up very generously.
Since then I have taken to pulling out to the center or even to the left of the rightmost lane when waiting at a light or when slowing for a stop sign. Often, I will waive right-turning cars to make the turn while they are to my right; only twice have I had idiots pull to my right and then go straight. I try to position myself so that I block those going straight while allowing those turning to do so. For that matter, when going straight at a light, moving to the left of one's lane also makes it far less likely, IME, for oncoming idiots turning left to try to get their turn in in front of you -- something that regularly happened when I stayed near the curb. (I also look steadily at the driver of the oncoming car and motion emphatically that I intend to go straight.) So far, thank God, so good. On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com>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. > > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Ron Mc <bulldog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Steve, I couldn't read the link on the work computer, but the pdf > is > > great. The article is also very good. Educating police officers is > good, > > but this information needs to get to the general public. > > The lane controlling discussion reminds me of is a big shopping center in > > town where virtually 100% of the traffic takes the right lane to turn > onto > > the highway, and backs up for two long blocks - very consistent here. > When > > my buddy and I turned left from the shopping center and were going > straight > > under the highway, I took the left lane, all alone, and rode through the > > light - to the surprise and dismay of the queuing Honda to my right. My > > buddy, on the other hand, went for the right curb, and met me under the > > overpass 10 minutes later. > > Another lane-controlling incident - this was a 5-lane lane road with a 45 > > mph speed limit. Was following my friends on their tandem and being the > big > > blinking red warning signal. The shoulder disappears on some bridges, > so I > > was intentionally controlling the right lane. A pickup truck played > chicken > > with me for control of the right lane, even though he had zero traffic in > > the left lane. > > There's never a cop when you need one. > > > > On Friday, August 2, 2013 10:39:59 AM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote: > >> > >> On 08/02/2013 11:35 AM, Lyle Bogart wrote: > >> > >> Interesting article, Patrick. Thanks for posting it! > >> > >> Cheers! > >> > >> lyle > >> > >> > >> On 1 August 2013 18:52, Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> http://lawandordermag.epubxp.com/i/144260/54 > >>> > >>> Very much worth reading, and thanks to the boblister who posted it on > >>> that list. I think it worth posting on this one. I, an urban commuter > since > >>> roughly 1967, learned new things. > >>> > >>> Note that, with a bit of effort, you *can* save it as a PDF. > >> > >> > >> Attached is the article plus the magazine cover, extracted from the > >> complete issue. > >> > >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > It isn't a contest. 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