Originally Posted by Allycat24

My first bike commute in May! It has rained every day for 14 days in a row and will rain again today, but I just couldn't take it any longer. I had a close call this morning, and while technically the driver of the car was at fault, next time I'm going to play it safe and ride down the middle of the road. This is a dead-end road and the cars are backed into their spaces so all the car has to do is pull head-out. I was riding about 3-4 feet in front of the cars and I had to swerve to avoid getting hit but thankfully the driver hit their brakes. I was just thinking about the guy to my left riding in the middle of the road and now I know why. Even with my headlight and light-colored jacket, the driver either didn't look to his left or saw me and it didn't register. I'm not sweating this - just a lesson learned.