Originally Posted by
seymour1910
This shouldn't be a laughing matter, but am I the only person that noticed how much the guy on the De Rosa was worried about his bike before his friend....lol....The first guy just put his bike on the closest curb. The guy with the De Rosa was careful and took his time finding a nice spot.
The camera guy did look back... before retrieving the bike, but yes, it did look like an eternity for him to place the bike on the curb.
Originally Posted by
Ben I.
Glad he's okay but not completely the drivers fault. Had he looked over his shoulder before moving over he would have seen the truck coming up. That being said, clearly a very large part of the blame lies with the truck driver since the bicycle lane is clearly marked and they obviously had to move over or be in the middle of the highway. Thankfully, the cyclist didn't pulled under the truck and only got "nicked" by it, sort of. One very lucky guy and kudos to his friends to act so quickly in getting him off the road and other motorists for stopping too.
There is no "bike lane". The bikes were riding on a busy highway one lane over from the edge of the road (see blue line on my drawing).
It is a "turn lane" that continues straight as a 3rd highway lane, only divided by two lane stripes. The paint looks pretty good, but I wonder if quite a few trucks make that cutoff, as it could be a pain to merge left, only to merge right again.
Obviously the rider should have looked, rather than just weakly signalling his move, but on a busy highway, it would be hard to differentiate vehicles that were legally turning vs illegally and not expected to go straight.
In slow-mo, he does seem to bounce along the side of the truck a few times, but there may have been a bit of a vortex behind the truck, and it may be difficult to rapidly correct for the trailer wheels coming up FAST. It was all over in an instant.
Originally Posted by
SpeshulEd
Also, who rides their bike on a highway, anyway?!
I certainly don't consider someone getting hurt as funny.
I've ridden on the Freeway here, although I haven't done it for quite some time. Sometimes the routes are such that there are no great alternatives. It is perfectly legal here.
As mentioned, I would hug the shoulder, and cut across the turn lane at the last moment (green in my drawing). I hate situations where cars pass on both my right and left, especially at high speeds.