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Old 03-14-14 | 02:02 PM
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illdoittomorrow
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Originally Posted by robert schlatte
Some drivers just have this pig headed notion that bicycles are impeding their progress and need to be passed at any location, including right before a stop. I have even had drivers try to overtake before a stop sign when I have taken the lane. Boy, they look stupid sitting in the middle of the street!
Once, while stopping at a stop sign (though I didn't take the lane when I did), the driver behind me gunned it, swerved, and blew the stop sign on the wrong side of the road. It beat sitting there in the middle of the road, I suppose.

Originally Posted by fietsbob
the J hook .. driver passing you then turning immediately, in front of you, rather than just slowing for a moment,
then making the same turn after you pass the corner..

They would not do that with a Truck, or Train ..
They would, and do, here. It just doesn't result in fatalities often enough for anyone to do anything about it.
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