Originally Posted by
noisebeam
Originally Posted by
randya
Originally Posted by
Helmet Head
Originally Posted by
randya
The
final police report on
Brett Jarolimek's fatal right hook accident exonerated the garbage truck driver with the lousy driving record and the broken mirror for right-hooking Brett, claiming that Brett was riding 'too fast for conditions' at 21 mph in a 30 mph zone.
Passing on the right near the curb at an intersection approach is unsafe, and especially so at 21 mph, even if the speed limit is 30 mph.
nevertheless, that's the way you're supposed to do it under Oregon law.
One is supposed to travel at 21mph in a narrow lane adjacent to stopped/slower traffic that might turn across you path?
Al
Do not underestimate the role that bike lanes alone play in causing even a traffic cycling savvy guy like Randya to think this (that it's normal and not "too fast for conditions" to pass potential right-turners on the right, much less at 21 mph). This is what many experienced cyclists seem to think (judging by how they ride) even in CA where, as you know, the law requires right turning motorists to merge into the bike lane before turning right.
If someone passes them on their left and then begins to slow to and below their speed, they just pass them on the right, even as they are approaching a place where the overtaker may be turning right. As far as I can tell, it doesn't occur to them that there is anything wrong with passing on the right like that, and I think the presence of the bike lane goes a long way towards inhibiting them from sensing this.