On Jul 14, 2007, at 7:43 PM, Paul Johnson wrote:
I've yet to collide with another cyclist who was following the rules.
I have to say that, as a driver, it's the unpredictability of
cyclists I find distressing. They swerve suddenly into traffic, ride
indiscriminately on either side of the road (or sometimes swerve back
and forth between them), run stoplights, and come at you at high
speed on crosswalks. If they'd either follow the rules for cars or
follow the rules for pedestrians I'd at least have an idea what they
were going to do and could act accordingly.
The only cyclist I've ever come close to hitting is a guy who blew
through a stop sign doing at least 15 mph, on the crosswalk. There
were hedges on both sides of the street, blocking my view of the
sidewalk, and I didn't see him until he was just about on top of me.
If I'd pulled forward another foot he would have collided with my
fender. I'm sure I'd have been the one who got blamed, too, since I
was driving a car and he was a defenseless cyclist. Somehow cars
have gotten saddled with the responsibility of watching out for
cyclists, while they apparently don't have to follow any rules
whatsoever.
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