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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Maybe as a cyclist you can explain this to me, since it seemed like I was in the wrong according to the guy.
Downtown, single lane each way, I'm approaching an intersection and about to turn right (but going slowly as there is traffic) on a green. A cyclist comes up the right side of my vehicle and as I'm turning has to swerve around my car to barely avoid me turning into him (he was going straight through the intersection) as I hit the brakes. Of course I got the full middle finger and everything but I was pretty sure I was not the ####### here.
If I'm riding downtown (not in a bike lane) I'm treating myself like part of traffic and sticking to the left if I'm going straight. It seems idiotic to go around vehicles to the right. Y/N?
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Were you turning from the curb lane or were you turning across the curb lane from the traffic lane?
If you were in the curb lane and turning properly, he should have passed you on the left because you're no longer a part of the flow of traffic and he is. If you were turning from the traffic lane, with a curb lane between you and the curb, he would have no reason to think you were making a turn there (even if you were signaling - because a lot of idiots signal when they're planning on turning) and passing on the right would make sense.
I've noticed an increase in recent years of people making right turns from the traffic lane rather than properly pulling over into the curb lane and it annoys me so much.