Truck driver seemingly doesn’t notice bicyclist, swerves at last second. Cyclists miraculously missed by debris
by sweetcomputerdragon
Truck driver seemingly doesn’t notice bicyclist, swerves at last second. Cyclists miraculously missed by debris
by sweetcomputerdragon
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This is why I bought a gravel bike with MTB tires for rural roads. Being technically correct for riding on the asphalt doesn’t mean shit when you’re dead- my estate gets what, a $2 million payout because I’m a skid mark? I’d rather be buddy riding two metres out in the dirt vs trusting strangers not to murder me.
And of course people are blaming the cyclists in the thread about this. Classic.
Buddy is riding as far right *as possible*, while his friend is off the road entirely, but they’re still saying he should have been further right.
Cyclist is at fault. He had a whole bicycle lane and he’s in the road
Right or wrong, this is why I won’t ride my bike in the lane of a 35+ mph street. It might be my legal right to do so, but it’s also dangerous af.
You should cross-post this in r/idiotsincars .
I might be the “annoying” cyclist here, but this is exactly why, on a road like this with thin lanes and no shoulder, I would just take the center of the lane. Don’t even give cars/trucks the thought they can graze past you. Center, with flashers, being as visible as possible. Force drivers to go around you when the other lane is clear. When people are mad at you, it means they at least can see you.
I’ve never had anything near this level of catastrophe, but more than a few times I would hug the curb/shoulder in an attempt to be the “cool” bicyclist that drivers like. And a few times I’ve felt the passenger mirror against my elbow when doing so. When I take the lane (in the absence of a bike lane), I get a lot more honks and a few middle fingers, but never a near-miss like that.
When someone is following another driver closely, they won’t see you until it’s too late. I see tailgaters driving literally on the painted bike lane all the time, straddling the stripe as if it’s some kind of rail. Any cyclist in that lane would be killed.
“and the cyclist perhaps misjudging how much space they are taking up.”
The cyclist can take the lane if he wants to. This is just ignorant. Not to mention that no one is concerned more for that cyclist’s safety than himself; he knows where he’s riding and how much space he’s taking.