I’m having a bad year on the bike. Yesterday I suffered yet another crash. It was the fourth encounter with autos this year. All caused by cars turning directly in front of me, without signaling, and each time I have been in a designated bike lane. Now TWO times I have collided with the car. The first one rendered the bike useless (bent frame). Other than a couple scrapes on the arm I was unhurt. Yesterday…I collided with the car, but somehow the bike was unscathed. I hit the ground hard. But only very minor injuries (I could have ridden today but chose not to). One of which is road rash on my left butt cheek. But I thought I landed on my right butt cheek. And my spandex shorts don’t have any snags, rips, or tears. Hmmm!?!? Another time I locked up the brakes, and was able to skid to a stop against the car’s rear fender with no injuries to me or the bike. And there was another in which I made an immediate course correction and narrowly avoided a collision. And there’ve been a few other near incidents. In both of the collisions, the driver stopped and offered assistance. Before this year…it’d been years since I’ve had an accident. I’m starting to get a phobia. — Dan