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I don't know MA law but I'm skeptical that a bike passing on the shoulder of the outside lane has right-away over a car making a legal right turn. If the car wa

I don't know MA law but I'm skeptical that a bike passing on the shoulder of the outside lane has right-away over a car making a legal right turn. If the car wasn't in the outside through traffic lane then that would be an illegal right anywhere. The biggest conflict with cars & bikes I see is spacing; either bikes move to the side and let cars pull up or (more likely) bikes swim up through traffic to the front. The biker is always the loser. Speed differential is the other conflict, with bike &cars, bikes & pedestrians, fast bikes & slow bikes. Either the vehicles have an inherent diff, or the terrain is too fast/slow for one of the parties. Your best bet is too assume the worst of everyone else and try and keep the interaction in perspective of the bigger picture.

Steltek 8y ago
> I don't know MA law but I'm skeptical that a bike passing on the shoulder of the outside lane has right-away over a car making a legal right turn. If the car wasn't in the outside through traffic lane then that would be an illegal right anywhere. In MA, bikes may explicitly ride to the right of cars if desired. Cars may pass bikes on the shoulder if "safe and reasonable" but peculiarly, that language is omitted for bikes. More here: http://www.massbike.org/laws http://www.massbike.org/laws > Speed differential is the other conflict, with bike &cars, bikes & pedestrians, fast bikes & slow bikes. Either the vehicles have an inherent diff, or the terrain is too fast/slow for one of the parties. Your best bet is too assume the worst of everyone else and try and keep the interaction in perspective of the bigger picture. In Boston, you'd be a fool not to assume the worst of everyone else ;).