Can someone explain what drivers are supposed to do differently when a fast moving cyclist or motorcyclist rides into the passenger side of a slow moving left turning vehicle?
When has it ever been declared safe to overtake a left turning vehicle on the left side?
I post this based on rumors Hird just got injured colliding with a car in what is rumored to be similar circumstances. Social media reports it as "Hird hit by Car", but the early reports suggest "Hird rode into the side of a left turning vehicle!"
Really, my motivation for the post comes after a few weeks were I have witnessed multiple incidents relating to this sort of behavior. I was even abused by a set of cyclists who tried to ride around the left side of my car while I was waiting for children to clear a crossing. The cyclists, who seemed to be in a race, tried to go around my car as I began to roll forward rather than wait for me to complete the turn, a turn I had already partly completed from a dedicated left turn lane! In the process they actually rode across the pedestrian crossing that seconds earlier had a dozen or so primary school kids walking across it! Some of the kids had bikes and had dismounted to walk their bikes across the road!
Further twice this week in heavy traffic I have seen motorcyclists fly across the freeway exit ramp while riding effectively in the emergency lane. One did so narrowly missing an exiting car, then swerved to get back onto the freeway before the dividing barriers made it impossible, and to top things off kicked out at a slow moving car in the left hand freeway lane for not giving them enough room to merge despite the bike traveling faster than the car! Of course the rider pissed off up the road lane splitting between the very left and emergency lanes.
They are wankers, not just typical wankers, but massive wankers!
btw., The official rules for cyclists.
When has it ever been declared safe to overtake a left turning vehicle on the left side?
I post this based on rumors Hird just got injured colliding with a car in what is rumored to be similar circumstances. Social media reports it as "Hird hit by Car", but the early reports suggest "Hird rode into the side of a left turning vehicle!"
Really, my motivation for the post comes after a few weeks were I have witnessed multiple incidents relating to this sort of behavior. I was even abused by a set of cyclists who tried to ride around the left side of my car while I was waiting for children to clear a crossing. The cyclists, who seemed to be in a race, tried to go around my car as I began to roll forward rather than wait for me to complete the turn, a turn I had already partly completed from a dedicated left turn lane! In the process they actually rode across the pedestrian crossing that seconds earlier had a dozen or so primary school kids walking across it! Some of the kids had bikes and had dismounted to walk their bikes across the road!
Further twice this week in heavy traffic I have seen motorcyclists fly across the freeway exit ramp while riding effectively in the emergency lane. One did so narrowly missing an exiting car, then swerved to get back onto the freeway before the dividing barriers made it impossible, and to top things off kicked out at a slow moving car in the left hand freeway lane for not giving them enough room to merge despite the bike traveling faster than the car! Of course the rider pissed off up the road lane splitting between the very left and emergency lanes.
They are wankers, not just typical wankers, but massive wankers!
btw., The official rules for cyclists.
Quote:While cycling, you can overtake vehicles on the left but must give way to any vehicle in front of you that is turning left and signalling to turn left.
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