Originally Posted by
acidfast7
that sucks
+: bike looks OK (considering)
+: good medical insurance with no co-pay
+: driver did stop and identify him/herself
+: police report has been filed for insurance purposes
-: pain is no fun
-: wife will give you a hard time about riding to work
-:"Why do you ride a bike to work! OMG it's so dangerous i told you so!"
I always get in the through lane, or up and slightly left of the right turn lane. Even if it's still a bike lane i wouldn't stop there, don't think this is really covered in the "Art of Cycling" but they so say to not always go by the book, use some common sense and stay alive.
Being right when you're dead doesn't really matter.
Also, sorry bro but he let you know that he may be about to do something sketchy and you still didn't change, i know it's blaming the victim but that's what that book preaches. The experienced cyclist takes responsibility even when it isn't theirs to take. They expect to be invisible.
(I'm using common sense here and it's a pet peeve of mine as there really isn't such a thing as common sense, if it were common then people wouldn't gripe about it all the time)