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Old 01-07-13 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by treebound
Probably my biggest concern situations are when crossing freeway onramps/offramps and I'm riding straight down the road. Motorists seem to get really impatient around onramps/offramps, and they are especially distracted by lookong for gaps in traffic to merge into and are not or rarely are considering a cyclist or pedestrian who might be in the motorist's direction of travel.

Next is the passing traffic as I approach on intersection that a motorist might be wanting to turn at (this includes driveways and parking lot access points).

Hope this helps some.
Good point. I'd forgotten about that situation.
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