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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I don't get is how confrontational bikers are to drivers. I witnessed a man pull over in bike lane to confront a woman driver who was parking in front of the Dunkin Donuts on Lee Highway at 8:30AM bc she almost cut him off. She did signal and he was far enough behind her that she could safely move over to park but he flipped out. He almost caused an accident by stopping in bike lane and pulling up next to her window--literally blocked her from opening her car door. Insane.[/quote]

Too bad she did not get him on video harassing her.

I'm pro biking, but I've seen lots of cyclists who seem to be looking for a fight/something to be offended about. Yesterday, I passed a cyclist. He was in a bike lane on a residential street, and I still gave a wide berth while passing. [b]He seemed to be offended that I passed, because immediately afterward, he got into the center of the driving lane and started going fast.[/b] Meanwhile, I approached a stop sign and pulled to the right of the line, behind the car in front of me - it's one wide lane, and those turning right hang to the right, while those turning left hang to the left. He approached as I was starting to make my turn, and said, "are you kidding me?" and practically ran out into the street to cross. He barely stopped riding his bike and got off and pushed it across the street without pausing, looking for cars, etc. Not sure what his problem was, as I had done nothing wrong and am super careful around cyclists. [/quote]

PP, I am trying to be nice when I say this: it probably was not about you at all. There are lots of reasons why a person riding a bike might start riding in the middle of the lane (this is called "taking the lane".) And it's legal , not to mention often safer, to take the lane.

[b]Also, when drivers turn right across the path of bicyclists who are going straight, that's called a right hook, and it's well-known for killing people on bikes.[/b][/quote]

The only way for that to happen is where the car is FRONT of the cyclist, and the cyclist rides INTO the side of the car as it’s changing lanes.

This is exactly why passing on the right is illegal. Because overtaking vehicles drive right into the side of a car as it slows and makes a right turn. The cyclist is (yet again) failing to observe traffic laws. Shocking, huh?

If you don’t want to get right hooked, stop passing cars on the right as they slow down to make a turn.

Either take the lane as you’re legally entitled, stay in the middle, slow down as the car in front of you slows down, or pass it on the left if you are able to do so. But passing it on the right as it’s preparing to make a turn and getting run over is your own damn fault. If I ever got hit by a cyclist doing that, you can bet I’d be suing for damages. [/quote]

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