Today's encounter with turning school bus
05-21-15, 05:07 AM
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A little close call today at an intersection where a yellow school bus was making right turn almost toward me, leaving me smaller and smaller room. Because of its (long) length, it could have cornered me into a fatal situation. See attached picture (blue arrow is me on bike, school bus moving from position 1 to 2 to 3). This was all within half minute or so, and as I remember my light just turned green, so probably the yellow bus was turning when he had yellow/red light (catching the light).
I think the driver should be more careful?
I think the driver should be more careful?
06-01-15, 08:10 AM
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Camilo:
Out where I live, car drivers only look on 1 side. Traditionally their LEFT side, the opposite side of where the bike/cyclist be.
I speak of this being a problem at 4-way stop intersections, more than anywhere else.
Even off-duty car-drivers (many being cyclists themselves) as them being pedestrians are doing the same. When those pedestrians are crossing the roads (be it on crosswalk or not)
Their having of CELL-PHONES has altered the above, to being unpredictable.
Out where I live, car drivers only look on 1 side. Traditionally their LEFT side, the opposite side of where the bike/cyclist be.
I speak of this being a problem at 4-way stop intersections, more than anywhere else.
Even off-duty car-drivers (many being cyclists themselves) as them being pedestrians are doing the same. When those pedestrians are crossing the roads (be it on crosswalk or not)
Their having of CELL-PHONES has altered the above, to being unpredictable.
06-01-15, 10:25 AM
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Don't be silly.No one is suggesting that you shouldn't make sure it's safe to proceed. If you need to be told to make sure it's safe before proceding, you really shouldn't be riding or driving.
06-01-15, 10:30 AM
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I crossed the intersection before the school bus made the turn. It suddenly came at me when I was next to the storage container. I crossed it absolutely after the pedestrian light became "Walk" (I often watch the pedestrian's light instead of the red/yellow/green overhead because there is count-down for pedestrian's walk light), which must be after the school bus's light turned red?
It doesn't seem like you looked to your right to see what was coming down the road. The pedestrain light doesn't mean much in this case because you weren't in the walkway but in the road. As far as we know, the bus wasn't acting in contradiction to the traffic signals.
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