Originally Posted by
wolfchild
You mean the cyclist was going straight through intersection and driver made a right turn and right hooked the cyclist ??..Right hooks are totally preventable and it's mostly a cyclists responsibility to avoid being right hooked.
That's right, RH are preventable and I as a cyclist have accepted the responsibility to prevent a RH. I do this by taking the lane at stop signs/lights and when I'm traveling at the same speed as traffic, I take the lane, mostly to guard against RHs.
They are very easy to prevent in those cases. However, I continue, on occasion, have a motorist speed up from behind me so they can pass me (while I'm FRAP'ing) to make a right turn in a way that causes me to brake -- and it was obvious that they didn't gain any time whatsoever by doing that dangerous maneuver. Those are the more difficult to guard against.
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