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Old 08-04-10 | 05:39 PM
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Catgrrl70
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As I am proceeding northbound in the Western Ave bike lane, between Pike Market and Virginia, both front flashers on, a Toyota Prius pulls out of a parking spot on the street. I follow him up to Virginia where he begins drifting slooooowwwly into the bike lane, then a bit out of it, then in a little. I fall back behind him as I don't know what he's doing. As we approach the red light at Virginia, he pulls all the way into the bike lane cutting me off; there was no right turn signal. Luckily I wasn't going too fast. I pat the rear of his vehicle, letting him know I'm there and THEN his right turn signal comes on. He doesn't proceed. In the passenger side mirror I see him sllloooowly taking off his seat belt. I stay put b/c he's not in a rush and I'm curious to see what he's going to do. As soon as he's out of the car, he says, "I'm sorry, I didn't see you there." Me, "But I'm right in the bike lane you just went into." He realizes that he didn't hit me (I think this is why he got out of his car, to check) and apologizes again for 'not seeing me.' I tell him, "You know, if you had turned on your signal waaaay back there (I point), I would have fallen back to let you turn but you didn't turn it on until right here." He gets back in car. Turns it on. Sllooowwwwly pulls forward, turn signal goes OFF and he makes a crazy wide turn - I yell "Leave your signal ON, JEEZ!"

Best Part: construction workers jeering him as I am explaining what he did wrong and a pedestrian who saw the whole thing laughing as he pulled away and made his crazy turn.

I did feel kind of bad for him, but maybe he learned his lesson.
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