Originally Posted by
Robert C
For me the annoyance with right on red and bicyclists is that when preparing to make the right turn, there is often a bicyclist passing on the right, running the light.
I wrote this a whie ago about a particular light that was a constant annoyance for me when I was in grad school:
Really, all they needed to do, to make the turn easier for everyone, was to pass on the left. I never did hit any of them; but it was annoying. I think the root problem was two fold, the first was their being so in the habit of running that light that they never even looked. The second was that they were so conditioned to staying on the right that hey never looked to see if it was appropriate.
As I mentioned in the previous post, I think I was more aware of that particular light on my bicycle days because I saw it both as a bicyclist and as a motorcyclist.
Most locations require a motorist to move as close as possible to the curb when making a right turn. All you needed to do was move right far enough before your turn so there was not enough room for them to pass on your right and your problem would have been solved.
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