Originally Posted by Brian Ratliff
Conspicuity curve follows as an attachment. I should add that I am mostly convinced that crossing collisions where nobody's view is physically obscured is due more to speed misjudgement than not seeing the cyclist. Right hooks especially.
This points out what I don't like about the BL stripe. I often find the ideal place to ride a roadway is where the stripe is placed, but as soon as it is there, it becomes a 'no ride' zone to avoid riding in an ambigous lane position. Many drivers follow their rule of as long as I am not in the BL I can ignore passing cyclist, which leads to getting lots of close passes when riding left biased in a BL.
Al