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10-26-06, 08:41 PM
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I always take up the entire lane at an intersection that does not have a right turn lane. If I am going straight I am left of the right turn lane. Usually this will help prevent many problems. However I am not familiar with the intersections you experience.
I would not sue but would file a police report. If they found her to be mostly at fault I would ask that she pay partial damages. Maybe your repair costs will be so low you want to avoid this trouble.
I would not sue but would file a police report. If they found her to be mostly at fault I would ask that she pay partial damages. Maybe your repair costs will be so low you want to avoid this trouble.
10-27-06, 05:35 AM
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Thanks for your support all. I get the bike back from the shop today. New front wheel, new rack, and retrued back wheel. A little more than 100, but she's gonna be pretty!! Plus i'll take the old hub from them and maybe after X-mas (please get me all that bike stuff!!! ) i'll take a shot at making a spare front wheel for my studded tires.
The intersection design is poor, allow me to elaborate:
It is a T intersection, the main road is running E-W with two lanes in each direction, and a beefy yellow hash between them, the exit ramp from the freeway runs N into the intersection, and is three lanes wide, two dedicated turn lanes, and a center lane with "fielders choice". The bike path approaches the intersection from the SW quadrant of the T, makes a right turn and goes to the north end of the T (becoming the access road for the freeway). So for bikes this is a 4-way intersection, but for cars only a T I think that is what causes the major part of the difficulty. Drivers can't seem to get their mind around someone wanting to go straight through the top of a T.
The cross walk lights work in time with the lights going the same direction (as if this was a normal sidewalk crossing).
The two dangers are: right turners going without looking for peds/bicycles in the crosswalk. and west bound drivers rolling through the cross walk instead of just stopping at the red light. Drivers always look absolutely amazed when they see a bicycle in this cross walk. I get this face alot
from them.
The intersection design is poor, allow me to elaborate:
It is a T intersection, the main road is running E-W with two lanes in each direction, and a beefy yellow hash between them, the exit ramp from the freeway runs N into the intersection, and is three lanes wide, two dedicated turn lanes, and a center lane with "fielders choice". The bike path approaches the intersection from the SW quadrant of the T, makes a right turn and goes to the north end of the T (becoming the access road for the freeway). So for bikes this is a 4-way intersection, but for cars only a T I think that is what causes the major part of the difficulty. Drivers can't seem to get their mind around someone wanting to go straight through the top of a T.
The cross walk lights work in time with the lights going the same direction (as if this was a normal sidewalk crossing).
The two dangers are: right turners going without looking for peds/bicycles in the crosswalk. and west bound drivers rolling through the cross walk instead of just stopping at the red light. Drivers always look absolutely amazed when they see a bicycle in this cross walk. I get this face alot
from them.
