Originally Posted by
Digital_Cowboy
Not that it should matter, but what kind of road was it?
It's a 35 mph two lane road mostly, but near I-280 it becomes a divided road. The truck would have had to merge into the on-ramp line by doing a normal lane change to the right. The cyclists would be riding along the right side of the road, and have to merge to the left a bit. I haven't been up there lately, but the through lane is wide and narrows to one lane, leaving cyclists a wide area to ride in between the through lane and the on-ramp lane. Even if they painted bike lanes through there, the problem is drivers and cyclists not paying attention before they make their move right or left. There are no other witnesses. If she was out in front and moving to the left, the truck might not have slowed down to wait to cut over. Many large truck drivers don't seem to want to reduce their forward motion unless they absolutely have to.