Originally Posted by
mr_bill
NOBODY, NOBODY drives like every approaching car is going to left (or right in jolly old) hook you. NOBODY, NOBODY, should ride that way either.
Yes, yes, yes some of us do ride defensively especially near intersections like that. The car was using a turn signal, gee you think it might turn there? I don't know how many times I would've have been hit now if I rode like every car was going to yield to me like they were supposed to. I see plenty of cyclists riding like that though (I guess they're relying on their good karma.)
Doesn't do you a whole lot of good to be in the right legally and severely injured or dead. And BTW, cars travel at much higher speeds than bicycles so your anecdote about being in a left hook automobile accident is not particularly relevant here.