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i almost hit a motorcycle in this exact scenario a week ago.  I was turning left and the motorcyclist was speeding towards me.  In my case it was going super fast (maybe 40mph in a neighborhood where all streets are 25mph).   My brain was auto-scanning for large, lumbering cars and not for the much smaller (and faster) silhouette of a motorcycle.
Thankfully i did see it but it left me shaken. It really seemed to come completely out of nowhere.  I wasn't texting, was alone i the car and wasn't distracted.  I just wasn't expecting the cycle to appear so quickly.   
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I'm glad that nothing bad happened. From now on I hope that you will watch out for motorcycles, as well as bicyclists and pedestrians -- not just cars.[/quote]

It's not good enough just to scan for cars. In fact, driver's ed especially stresses to be scanning for pedestrians, motorcyclists, animal, bikers, etc when making turns. This is one of the biggest causes of accidents. Drivers tend to only think about other drivers.

As part of motorcycle ed, they tell us to let off the gas and have your hands ready over the brake if you see a car in the opposite direction getting ready to turn left. Our default expectation should be "This driver turning left does not see me, I need to be prepared to brake HARD." Frankly, it's scary to imagine a driver turning quickly and I always have my headlight on and wear a bright white helmet to increase my visibility to drivers.

-Daily DCUM Motorcycle Commuter[/quote]

Yes, and it goes without saying that motorcyclists shouldn't speed.    But they break that rule all too often, and they are the ones who suffer most for it.[/quote]

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