Incident with cyclist while driving
Last night at 7:00, I was crossing the main street coming in to town- 2 lanes, bike lanes, no parking, traffic 25-30mph, driving my large white & heavily loaded van. This is blocks from my house so a maneuver that happens almost daily, and where I also ride regularly.
No traffic either direction, so I pulled out, and a cyclist appeared, & had to slow & go behind me. He was pissed, stopped & turned around to chew me out. I stopped as well, & he said wtf, etc. at length.
I apologized but also said that as a cyclist, when I see a vehicle that might pull out in front of me, I get out in the lane to be visible and to have more room to avoid.
Today when at the same location I could see that there is a large electrical box that perfectly blocks view of a key section of the bike lane, as well as a shadowed area beyond,
and that since he was going 20mph near dusk and assuming that he would be seen, he is a moron.