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I live in Austin and largely stopped cycling after a motorist tried to run me off the road on trinity south of MLK. I was going straight and had taken the lane
by mplanchard 5y ago
I live in Austin and largely stopped cycling after a motorist tried to run me off the road on trinity south of MLK. I was going straight and had taken the lane a little early to pass a bus that was stopped in the bike lane and to avoid that dangerous spot closer to the intersection where the bike lane crosses _through_ the right turn lane, with plenty of room behind me and open lanes to the left.
This guy was not having it. Got maybe 2 inches from my rear wheel, then jerked around to the left, sped up, and then swerved right into my lane when he was even with me.
This is all maybe 100 ft from the intersection, where there was a red light. I passed him less than ten seconds after all this, since he was sitting in the more congested right turn lane and I was going straight.