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I highly doubt it's a technical problem. As a biker, by far the most common violation is cars making right turns from non-right turn lanes. In particular, where
by deathanatos 9y ago
I highly doubt it's a technical problem. As a biker, by far the most common violation is cars making right turns from non-right turn lanes. In particular, where I am, if you have a bike lane on the far right of the road, and you wish to turn right across it, you must first signal, then merge into the bike lane, then make your turn from your position half in the bike lane half in the rightmost vehicle lane (as the bike lane isn't wide enough for a car, you'll straddle it and a normal lane).
Pretty much nobody does this. You're lucky if you get a signal; half the time the only way you know the driver wants to turn at all is that instinct and experience is telling you their driving is otherwise erratic.
On occasions that I wish were more rare, you'll see a driver take a right from the leftmost lane, blinker be damned.
The other common problem is that Uber drivers tend to believe the bike lane is their personal drop-off lane. I've had Ubers stop in the lane when there is parking right there next to the lane. In San Francisco of all places.
As a driver, and a biker, bikers: a red light applies to you. I've had a few close calls with bikers running reds. Laws like the proposed make me wonder how I'd "prove" it, if I didn't have a dashcam. (Which reminds me that I really need a dashcam.)
All of this is operator error, not problems with visibility. People are too damn lazy, so lazy they can't be bothered to follow the law, because 99% of the time it is without consequence, for them.
- brewdad 9y agoIt doesn't help that the laws vary from state to state and city to city. In Oregon, it is illegal for a driver to enter the bike lane prior to making a right turn. This leaves right turning drivers blocking cars in their lane while trying to judge an approaching bike's speed and distance using their rear and side mirrors. California's law makes more sense, even though it sounds like too many drivers don't establish a position on the road that makes their intention to turn clear to cyclists.
- a_t48 9y agoI grew up in a place without bike lanes, it's really hard to remember. I understand I have fucked up that process before, and feel bad about it.