Originally Posted by
weshigh
Its okay for you to be in the road for various reasons if there is a bike lane too. Left turn? Debris in the bike lane? Parked cars? Cars turning right from the bike lane? One is still required to maintain control of their vehicle/bike/position regardless if the other person isn't "supposed" to be there.
So I move right out of the bike lane to prepare for my left turn ahead. Car runs me down from behind even though there was ample space when I moved into the lane. My fault?
If you move out of the bike lane into a regular traffic lane (which is perfactly leagal) for any reason and do so UNSAFELY resulting in a motor vehicle hitting you, then yes, you are at fault. Just as if you made a lane change in your car or motorcycle unsafely. If you made a safe lane change and the car that hits you were doing something wrong, then it's their fault. This is all really, really easy stuff, by and large.