Originally Posted by
Miele Man
The only real trouble I've had with other vehicles on the road whilst I was riding a bicycle was with other BICYCLISTS. I Hamilton Ontario (Canada) I crashed into a bicycle that came zooming out of a one way street (the bicyclist was riding the wrong direction) onto a bust main street King Street. What made it so bad and unavoidable was that the street the wrong direction riding bicyclist came out od had a blind corner and he was not visible to traffic. The other instance was a crash at night when a bicyclist in dark clothing on a dark colour bicycle was riding on a sidewalk that was in a poorly lit area and he decided to suddenly cross the road but did so without looking and from under a large tree in full leaf that rendered him invisible.
There are idiot bicyclists just as there are idiot E-bike riders just like there are idiot automobile drivers.
Cheers
Well, you are in freaking Canada for christsake... try a bike commute in a typical crowded azzhle American city during rush hour on a "share the road" street... Now that's competitive road use, my friend. (gee, you use "whilst;" we know you are in the "land of polite."
Say hi to my friends in Calgary
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As far as the DMV... wouldn't it be cool if they tested drivers with a video drive simulator that included things like "cyclists taking a lane?" Imagine the scores...
"Uh sorry sir, you killed a cyclist... no license for you." "Oh and that's the low score for the week."