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You should always be aware when driving of where your "exits" are. This is not hard to do. Especially at 38 MPH, you can be extremely confident there are no b
by colanderman 9y ago
You should always be aware when driving of where your "exits" are. This is not hard to do. Especially at 38 MPH, you can be extremely confident there are no bikes to your left if you have not passed any in the past couple seconds. And, lanes are generally large enough in the US that you can swerve partway into one even if there are cars there.
- bonzini 9y agoIf everybody is driving in the same speed on all lanes, which is not unlikely on that kind of road, I generally am not confident that I can swerve into another lane _and slam the brakes_ without being hit. If I am hit, the resulting impact speed with the bike could be even worse than if I just slammed the brakes, so I don't think it's really a given. You also cannot decide in 1 second what would happen if the pedestrian were to freeze, and whether you'd end up hitting him/her even worse by swerving left. Most people in that situation would just brake, I think.