Originally Posted by 79pmooney

I was riding the bike lane a few Portland winters ago on ice when I made a small variation in course, put my front tire on the painted stripe, started losing it and ended up down in the car lane. Quiet Saturday morning. There was a car behind me, well back and it was not an issue at all. Bike lane stripes - the curse in wet of icy weather. Had I a truck close behind me I would have had to make choices other than trying to stay upright. Probably would have broken a bone on a much harder crash.

I wonder if the rider did something like I did and the driver did his best to alter course to the right to miss him?

Ben