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Originally Posted by Fuzz
If you are doing a rolling stop and a car suddenly appears, well, I'm sorry to say that maybe you should do a full stop, or look around farther. I'm not sure how a car can appear so suddenly you wouldn't have time to see it. I only roll through if I don't see any cars anywhere and honestly, I don't do it downtown. To many cars/pedestrians.
If they are honking because they want to turn right and you are going straight, then you should maybe be farther left, though if someone is that impatient with you they should learn to calm down a little. Unfortunately you can't teach everyone that, so ya, get further left to make your intention clear. Just not so far left that someone going straight through will try to pass you on your right.
If you are so slow at accelerating that you are at a complete stop, then go, and the car behind has time to stop completely then go and you are not able to reach a reasonable speed in that time maybe try to get far enough right as soon as you can. In an ideal world you wouldn't have to worry about all this being considerate stuff, but it does help to keep you form being squished by jerks. And some times, no matter how considerate or rule following you are, you can still get on a run of bad luck interactions.
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No, the honking behind me is when they're also going straight. I think those guys are just being jerks. I go straight and then move over right when I can.
Regarding the cars just appearing, I have no idea how either. Maybe they've popped out of an alley or around a corner. I also always do the full stops downtown, I'm referring mostly to stuff south of elbow river in my case. I'm not slow per se, but I'm definitely way slower than a vehicle. I wouldn't say these interactions have been common but as far as I can tell, I'm doing what everyone appears to be doing. I'm also not an experienced bike commuter so I'll own that if that's the problem.