Originally Posted by
noisebeam
Can someone help me understand how a right hooked cyclist can hit the left rear tire of the turning car?
SOmething like this happened to me just a few months ago.
I'm cycling to work at 23 mph in a 25 mph zone in the bike lane. A little red car zooms past me at probably 35 mph, right turn signal and brake lights come on as the driver starts turning right immediately in front of me. I brake and move left to avoid a right hook when the driver at the last second decides there isn't enough room for her to make her turn, so she swerves back to the left and stops. In front of me. I hit the left rear bumper and went up and over the car. This all happened very quickly.
Richard Masoner