Thread: Cyclists obeying stop signs: Car drivers think it's hilarious. (rant/long post)
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Old 08-24-09, 04:20 PM
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Your expectations are just too high. Always assume that you NEVER have the right-of-way on a bicycle over a motor vehicle. Unless an automobile driver waves me through an intersection first, I always wait for them to go first.

Your choices are to:
  1. Assert your right-of-way rights, and maybe or maybe not get hit by a car
  2. Do your best to get out of the intersection as quickly and safely as possible.

I usually ride a couple of feet off of the back-bumper of a car going my way. Drivers don't pull-out on top of large steel objects as often as they do bicycles.
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