my dumb move...

[laterider]

on my last part of my ride tonight, I felt like a dumb*****, i came up to a 4 way stop and clipped out (still getting used to those but was out), then to me it looked like I was the first there and I proceeded throught the intersection without stopping. The car on my right (yes RIGHT) pulled out while I was going through, I made it through fine, but I heard someone yell ITS A 4 WAY STOP (there was also a car coming up on the left so I don't know which one said it) but I thought what an idiot I am, if I'd stopped first I wouldn't be feeling like an idiot the rest of the way home. I have some cars pull some moves on me since I've started riding in march, but I don't want to become part of the problem!!

At least I was rewarded with a brief shower on the 8 miles left to go to the house.

Ride safe everyone - don't do what I did.;)

[Flamingmb]

I was at a three way stop inside a parking lot and stopped fully without getting out of my pedals. I just track standed for a second and then kept going. As I got to the other side the car that was stopped to my left yelled "you have to stop you know!" I just thought "what a dumbass" and kept riding.

Just try not to make the same move again. No harm no foul.

[sentinel4675]

It's my understanding that the vehicle to the right usually has right of way if both vehicles arrive at the stop at the same time.

[ken cummings]

Lets hear it for recumbent trikes. I never, but never, got yelled at for not doing a foot down stop. Now, if you two wheelers had training wheels the other road users might cut you some slack ;) .

[laterider]

It's my understanding that the vehicle to the right usually has right of way if both vehicles arrive at the stop at the same time.

Thats what I learned as well... but today I just didn't ride that way. I was wrong for sure. There's a lot to learn to be a good rider and I'm nowhere near that yet, 6months is not enough for me, but I'm trying!!!

thanks for the no harm no foul, flam - I was in the wrong, but I'll work on it, its seems even after 2weeks after my fall, I still need more time to get things right - I guess clipless just takes a while.

[savage24]

on my last part of my ride tonight, I felt like a dumb*****,
Ride safe everyone - don't do what I did.;)

I've found the best thing to do in those situations is to look remorseful and acknowledge the motorist - a wave and/or mouthing "I'm sorry" (much easier to do if you are still in a position to make eye contact). To err is to be human. To err and feel remorse is to be a good human.:)

That is why I try to always smile and wave to a motorist who messes up unless I am certain they were deliberately screwing with me. Here is the way I see it:

If they know they screwed up, they already feel like a dumb*****, they don't need me yelling/cursing/flipping the bird/blowing an airzound horn/etc. That will simply give them an oppurtunity to deflect guilt: "Yeah, I messed up, but that guy on the bike was an *****hole!" If my actions say "thats okay, you are forgiven" they are more likely to see cyclist in a favorable light and be willing to share the road.

If they are too oblivious to realize what they did wrong, they likely won't understand why I am upset.

If they are a sociopath and just don't care, negative antics from me will probably make them laugh.

[sgtsmile]

I've found the best thing to do in those situations is to look remorseful and acknowledge the motorist - a wave and/or mouthing "I'm sorry" (much easier to do if you are still in a position to make eye contact). To err is to be human. To err and feel remorse is to be a good human.:)

That is why I try to always smile and wave to a motorist who messes up unless I am certain they were deliberately screwing with me. Here is the way I see it:

If they know they screwed up, they already feel like a dumb*****, they don't need me yelling/cursing/flipping the bird/blowing an airzound horn/etc. That will simply give them an oppurtunity to deflect guilt: "Yeah, I messed up, but that guy on the bike was an *****hole!" If my actions say "thats okay, you are forgiven" they are more likely to see cyclist in a favorable light and be willing to share the road.

If they are too oblivious to realize what they did wrong, they likely won't understand why I am upset.

If they are a sociopath and just don't care, negative antics from me will probably make them laugh.


Bingo!

Good advice.