Originally Posted by
JoeyBike
Please....
IF you get hit is the proper nomenclature.
Unfortunately it is inevitable if you ride long enough I believe.
Originally Posted by
CommuteCommando
I almost always split the "lane" between through traffic, and those turning right.
In the city I live in, drivers get VERY annoyed when they see a bicycle riding in any lane. If that line is not the rightmost line, they go berserk. However illogical it may seem, it is nicer to ride in the lane for turning right (blocking cars wanting to turn right), then to move to the lane for going straight.
It is also near impossible here to turn left in any bigger street.
Having said all this, most drivers are nice. 90% don't know you're supposed to be there, but only about 10% are rude (with about 1 in a thousand trying to bully you off the road, or get out of the car and beat you).