Originally Posted by jfmckenna

I really didn't want to bring it up on BF but in short, I was riding down a one way street with parallel parking on the right and diagonal parking on the left. I was in the center of the lane doing the speed limit of about 18MPH in a 15MPH when up a head a guy was signaling to parallel park on the right. He backed into the spot and just as I was getting close he realized that he missed the spot and looked across the street and thought, "O goody I suck at parallel poarking so I'll just pull across the street in that empty spot." So he pulled out of the spot just as I was passing and it was all my fault

My bike went flying through the air and hit an SUV, broke the tail light and the collectors are after me for $750 bones. The guy that hit me, while a bad driver, was actually pretty cool and very concerned about my health. He did not charge me anything for the damage to his car which was significant. The judge said it was my fault even though Virginia laws clearly state taht a bicycle can pass a car in a one way street if the car is slower then the bike. Thats not even what I did but the law states that. I would never pass a car left or right on a one way - no way just follow it. but this guy was 95% parked in his spot. By the time I noticed he was pulling out my first thought was that he was adjusting his spot till I heard the motor rev and then 4....3....2....1... I am flying through the air headed for a parked SUV