Originally Posted by
Spoonrobot
The driver tried to pass you on the left?
Sounds like you didn't hit a car but the car hit you. If you were another car they wouldn't have hit you because passing on the left like that is not safe. Rude driver wanted to save 5 seconds and hit you, lucky it wasn't worse. Hope you heal up quickly.
Sounds like the dude on the bike was the first vehicle/bike on the RIGHT side of a lane that goes straight or left turn. Any normal driver would assume the bicyclist would go straight instead of turning left. Also no hand signal was made. Plus, why go on the right side when you need to turn left? That is inviting cars to go ahead of you and try to pass you up since driver will assume you're going straight and any driver who doesn't want to go 5-15MPH will pass you up. This could've been avoided if bicyclists was in center or very left of the lane. If it were a left turn only lane then it's still dangerous to stay on the right side but less dangerous since cars would also turn left.