07-10-2015, 11:54 AM
(07-10-2015, 10:57 AM)ookpik Wrote: So few drivers signal turns, especially right turns. Even fewer look behind and to the right before turning.
Are you willing to bet your life that you can identify those morons and read their minds?
I would hesitate to say that it's getting worse, but certainly failing to signal turns is extremely common, and you're right that right turns are even less frequently signalled. It's a frequent issue for me when on foot, and on bicycle you there is the added risk in speed (you are harder to notice by someone who is not looking, and longer to stop). It's very common for motorists to take right turns very quickly without signalling, while watching to their left for oncoming traffic rather than to the right and behind for people biking and walking. It's worst when a turning radius is such that they barely have to slow down.
BuildingScout, you mean to say that your friend hit someone with his car. Even a "bump" can be pretty serious for someone whom that might cause to fall off a bike. All the more reason that cyclist shouldn't be behaving that way.