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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]

The law disagrees with your interpretation[b]. Passing on the right is not illegal for a person who is riding a bike.[/b] And drivers are not allowed to turn across another person's path. A person going straight has the right-of-way over a person turning. When you're driving and getting ready to turn right, you must not only signal, you must also check on the right for people who are biking and people who are walking.

If you right-hook a cyclist, and the collision damages your car, you may sue, but you will lose.

I agree, however, that one way to TRY to avoid a right hook is to take the lane.

https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/08/science-tackles-the-right-hook-bikings-most-feared-crash/567230/[/quote]
Citation please.

Because unless you can show a MV code which specifically mentions and exempts cyclists from being prohibited from passing on the right, you’re just making stuff up.

Plus, if someone is front of you, they have right of way to those overtaking them to pass. You don’t own the road in front of you where someone else is traveling. It’s not your “path”. Your responsibility by law is to exercise due caution to avoid a collision with someone in front of you.

You seem to think that traffic laws only apply to cyclists in situations where it benefits them, and the rest of time they don’t apply.

Your attitude and your relishing of double standards are why most drivers think cyclists are jerks. [/quote]
I’m not the PP but am curious about what the law says. Here’s what VA says: https://www.virginiadot.org/programs/bikeped/laws_and_safety_tips.asp
Bikes can pass on the left or right. The section on passing does tell bikers to be careful on passing on the right because of the right hook.

In the situation where the car is slowing to make their right turn, I think a bike could keep going straight because they’d then be passing the slowing car. They’d be an idiot and putting themselves in the way of being right hooked.

Looking at the situation that sparked the right turn issue, that poster said they were at a stop sign. Two cars were stopped, one going straight and one turning right. The woman making the right had a biker then come up on her right, passing all the stopped cars. I think that is legal based on the VA bike laws. But someone else please read and correct me. I’m likely reading it wrong.[/quote]

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