So I almost got hit today by a car on my bike commute into work. It was at a right turn and red light. She had the red and I had the green, I went through the intersection and she decided to go as well. She hit her brakes, I swerve to the left. I point up and say, "HEY! RED LIGHT!" She shakes her head in sorrow. She pulls up next to me, rolls down her window and says, "I'm so sorry." I return with, "It's ok, next time slow down and its not a race. No one wants to go to work anyway." She says, "You're right and its not ok, again I'm sorry."

Something tells me this isn't the first time its happened to her.

I'm nervous now for the ride home. I do everything I can to be seen. Flashing lights on front and back. Bright orange, yellow, or white shirt. I follow ALL and EVERY vehicle and traffic law. Even the one where I need to wait a full light cycle before going through a red light because my bike doesn't have enough metal/not heavy enough to trip the sensor. I'm not sure what else I can do other than question every single car I see, but then cycling isn't fun. Sigh.

This is/was my 2nd almost collision in one week. The other when I was waiting to turn left at a red in the left turn lane at a light, and a car turning left in front of me came right at me. He swerved and went even more left into oncoming traffic (the right turn lane) and sped away.

I'm not one for giving up - but this isn't going well. I have a wife and two young kids.

If you're interested, here are the street views:

Today's incident. The white/silver car turning right going up the hill is where I almost got clobbered:
http://goo.gl/maps/yiVvx

Last week's incident. I'm wear the silver van is, not even that close to the cross walk. My front wheel is probably where the rear of the van is located.
http://goo.gl/maps/LPAae