> Except you may have just passed a cyclist without leaving enough time to turn because you barely registered their presence and are now going to cut them off.

> Except you may have just passed a cyclist without leaving enough time to turn because you barely registered their presence and are now going to cut them off. > and you didn't check your blind spot before you started. No amount of legislation or changes in rules will protect from people who aren't paying attention. These changes don't have an impact immediately, but the only way to make them is to do them at one point or another. The people learning to drive in NY now will know that things are different, and in 10-15 years the behaviour will change.