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Old 11-27-13 | 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by cooker
As somebody who bikes and drives, I will strongly object to both your behaviour and your assertion that it is harmless.

If I'm in a car on a through street, and someone coming from my right blows a stop sign or light and turns onto my street, even if they are on the shoulder, it startles me. If I'm close, and I don't know for sure they are going to stay on the shoulder, I might think they didn't notice me, and are about to cross in front of me, so I might make a panic stop, causing me to skid, or causing, traffic chaos behind me, or I might reflexively swerve to the left without having time to shoulder check. Please don't do that - you're causing more stress and risk than you realize.

And if I'm on a bike on the through street, with right of way, and and you rudely cut in front of me like that, I will run you off the road.
Didn't say that I didn't slow down, look, and signal before making the right. If you're prone to making panic stops when a bike makes a right turn onto the shoulder at 5 mph then you're a hazard to other drivers.
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