Originally Posted by
j_amie_
So first off I'm okay
but i did get hit by a car on my commute home from work today, I was traveling down a small hill at about 35 km/h approaching a traffic light and was pacing traffic as they were slowing down for the intersection ahead, when the dude i was beside and slightly to the rear of just decides to turn into the gas station on the corner without signaling without shoulder checking and without slowing down at all really
I'm with all the people who are saying you were at fault here. If you were behind him and he turned in *without slowing down* you wouldn't have hit him... unless you were overtaking him. It appears that you were either riding in his blind spot, or overtaking him. The shoulder is not a "lane", and drivers do not expect to be getting passed on the shoulder. Few if any of them look before turning right from the right lane... I know I never do. I have plenty of experience riding in traffic, and I know that if I pass cars on the right, it is up to *me* to look out for *them*... and if someone I'm passing turns in front of me and hits me it's my fault. Obviously, I don't do it much and only when going slow. I can't believe so many people on this forum have avoided being killed if they think it's ok to pass cars on the right!