Originally Posted by
corrado33
This. I had an idiot driver pull up beside me while I was riding on the white line (2 foot shoulder), not even pass me completely, LOOKED AT ME, no turn signal, then tried to turn right. I didn't have time to stop, if I had run into them they would have been buying me a new bike. I wasn't going fast enough to hurt myself if I had hit them. There were 2 or three people following us, so plenty of witnesses. I always look at cars' turn signals when someone passes me at a speed slower than I would expect for that road. If someone actually does have the time to pass me, and they DO put their turn signal on, I'll move into the lane and pass them on the left.
Some people are just idiotic.
EDIT: This was in broad daylight, with me riding my BRIGHT YELLOW bike and that day I was even wearing a BRIGHT RED sweater vest, there's no way in hell they didn't see me, especially since she looked over DIRECTLY AT ME before she tried to turn.
Yeah some drivers feel that cyclists are only "borrowing" the road built for cars and that they are doing us a favor. I had a driver once say to me, "bikes are supposed to stay out of the way." No doubt that motorist expected you to fall back so the "rightful user of the road" could make their desired move... Sheesh.