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Bernie
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Mark Hickey wrote:
> Bernie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Here's something that has happened several times, always in Vancouver: I am holding in the left
> >lane, ready to turn left on a fairly busy 4 lane street. Oncoming driver stops and waves me on.
> >Meanwhile, the oncoming curb lane traffic is whizzing by - as it should. Are they really not with
> >it, or are they trying to cut down the number of pesky bicycles on the streets??
>
> I was once involved in an accident due to this phenomenon (thankfully I was in a largish
> Oldsmobile).
>
> A kind driver waiting in the rightmost straight lane waved a driver crossing the road in front of
> her from the left on. What she was communicating was "you may pass in front of me".
>
> What the driver crossing interpreted the gesture as was "c'mon through
> - there's nothing coming up the right turn lane either", which wasn't the case (intention-wise or
> otherwise).
>
> The car crossing got clipped really well in the back end, did a 360 and clipped my left front
> fender as it spun. D'Oh! Of course, it would have hurt a lot more had I been standing there on a
> bike (worse yet, on a 'bent). ;-)
>
> Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame
It's much better if one is just treated as traffic. It is so much better than being killed
with kindness.
> Bernie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Here's something that has happened several times, always in Vancouver: I am holding in the left
> >lane, ready to turn left on a fairly busy 4 lane street. Oncoming driver stops and waves me on.
> >Meanwhile, the oncoming curb lane traffic is whizzing by - as it should. Are they really not with
> >it, or are they trying to cut down the number of pesky bicycles on the streets??
>
> I was once involved in an accident due to this phenomenon (thankfully I was in a largish
> Oldsmobile).
>
> A kind driver waiting in the rightmost straight lane waved a driver crossing the road in front of
> her from the left on. What she was communicating was "you may pass in front of me".
>
> What the driver crossing interpreted the gesture as was "c'mon through
> - there's nothing coming up the right turn lane either", which wasn't the case (intention-wise or
> otherwise).
>
> The car crossing got clipped really well in the back end, did a 360 and clipped my left front
> fender as it spun. D'Oh! Of course, it would have hurt a lot more had I been standing there on a
> bike (worse yet, on a 'bent). ;-)
>
> Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame
It's much better if one is just treated as traffic. It is so much better than being killed
with kindness.