Originally Posted by RINGO
We were not riding against traffic, we cross over to get to the side walk. In the images I've post you could see the white line, that's were we started from. The light was red, we were on the right side of the street and made a left turn so we could get on the other side, and so the cars could see us.
We were not riding down the street or against traffic, cause their were no cars in sight. The drawing I've post may make it look that way, but it's not so. We made a simple turn to get on the side walk in from of the store. If we ride on the side walk the cars in the drive way really won't see us coming, cause they don't stop, they just come out driving fast and don't even look to see if someone is coming on the right side.
Peace.
RINGO
Well Ringo I am sorry but your illustration shows you turning into the MIDDLE lane of ONCOMING traffic, and to me its not surprising AT ALL that you got clocked by a car coming out of the parking lot, since he/she would be looking LEFT at that time for oncoming vehicles.
I might add that if you were turning left you should have been in the left lane behind that car, and waited your turn at the intersction.
Can I ask why it would be so incredibly humiliating to pull off to the right, push the button on the stop light, and/or cross the intersection when the signal was in your favor? You could easily walk into the parking lot (Which are also dangerous places for riding, I might add..arf!) and go to your White Castle. Especialy at night!
roughstuff