Originally Posted by
willydstyle
He didn't cross a lane of traffic, he was merging into the new right lane. The previous right lane was a turn-only lane, and the truck was completely illegally merging left across an area that traffic was not allowed to be in.
He is crossing a lane of traffic. The right turn lane goes to the right. The cyclist is essentially in the middle lane, he crosses to the right, just as a new lane is starting to the right of him. The truck could have also been in the center lane, same as the cyclist...the truck was going the same place the cyclist was going, to the new right lane. They essentially merged at the same time. For all we know, the truck went far right to try to avoid the guy.
Count 'em, 1-2-3 lanes...the guy should be happy the truck was far right, because if the truck was where he was supposed to be in the lane, that guy wouldn't be alive today.
I don't care how you slice it, the cyclist should have looked over his shoulder before moving right.