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Old 02-08-21, 10:38 AM
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Notso_fastLane
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Near miss right in front of me.

I was at a t-intersection, turning left (I was on the through direction). The car coming from the left had a stop sign. He stopped, but was focussed on me in my velomobile. I paused in the left turn lane, because there was a car coming the opposite direction (I would have been turning in front of the through traffic).

The car at the stop sign started to go (turning left away from me) and nearly got t-boned by the oncoming car. He never even looked to his left to see the other car coming. The car that ran the stop then sped off. I'm not sure there was any point sticking around, but he could have offered an apology.

If they would have collided, there's a good chance the car would have been pushed right into me.

I was thinking if there was anything I could do differently, but I was literally following the rules of the road as if I was in a car (I even have turn signals on the velo) and I really think this was just a case if inattentive driving that was out of anyone else's control.

People are terrible drivers.

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