Almost killed a cyclist tonight, saw another side swiped
About 6:20 this evening I was pulling up behind a car in the left turn lane at a traffic light. As I got closer I realized that there was a cyclist about 10' behind the SUV in front of me. No lights. Only reflector was a rear one but her angle kept it from doing anything. She was wearing black pants, dark green sweatshirt, and a Giro helmet. She completely disappeared behind the SUV in front of her. All of it's lights and chrome shown through her. My heart is still pounding how close I came to killing her.
About 10 minutes later the car in front of me sideswiped someone riding just on the right of the white line. Their mirror hit the cyclists shoulder. This one had a bright strobing blinky and a bright white front light. The driver swerved left just after and then came back in their lane and pulled over to check on the cyclist. He said he was OK. Driver was extremely apologetic.