Did you see the car when you came to a complete stop? One way to avoid collisions like this is to make eye contact with cars that are in a position to hit you, as when you and the car are stopped in an intersection. I learned in a bike safety class that if a cyclist ever has any doubt about whether a car is going to proceed through the intersection at the same time you do, the cyclist should put one of his/her feet on the ground (the universal cyclist's communication for "I have stopped and will wait for you"). The car with then either proceed before the cyclist do or wave the cyclist through. The thing you may have done wrong (which does not excuse the driver for hitting you) is failing to communicate with the driver when you were stopped. I'm glad you don't seem to be badly hurt.
Last edited by mds0725; 09-18-08 at 01:59 PM.