The "oncoming traffic" part -- could've still been traffic coming from the left (like I thought was happening), or traffic from the opposite side from where you were.

lol....
You argue like my wife.

You can't be serious.

That's probably the most intelligent thing you've said this entire post.

You might want to brush up a bit on those spatial recognition skills. In the OP's case you keep suggesting that he move left into the next lane when he was on "a two lane road." That makes the next lane the one on the other side of the street. Moving into it would be 1) illegal, and 2) dangerous since anyone turning off of the 4-lane road wouldn't be expecting to find a cyclist standing right in their path.

In UMD's case you also suggest he should have moved over to let the car by. But the car driver was trying to make a right turn onto a one-way street going the other way. Encouraging such a move wouldn't be wise and could easily lead to an accident.

[QUOTE=BarracksSi;9811359]Two lane (that the OP was on) turning onto a FOUR LANE ROAD. The bus can make his turn without crossing much, if at all, into the (empty) lane to the OP's left. They do it all the time around here.
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Why do all this to jepordize your safety. Simply wait for the red light. It was a huge bus not a compact. The OP could have done that maybe, but choose not to.

Well, let's go back, then -- what relevance did your story have in this thread at all? Why did you bother posting it?

I guess it was the usual BF pointless f'ing around. Oh well.

Okay everyone please stop this name calling and arguing nonsense. Take it to chat. https://www.bikeforums.net/webChattr.php

If this continues I will have to take care of the situation according to protocol.

Thank you.

Siu Blue Wind
Forum Admin.

I thought it was an interesting story of a driver getting upset because I was "blocking" him in a manner similar to the OP, and the egg being on his face when he then tried to go the wrong way down the street. I'm sorry that you didn't realize that "turning right into oncoming traffic" on a one way street meant he was going the wrong way.

It's really, really, REALLY simple. And, if you think I'm such an idiot, even I can understand it:

You're on a BIKE. You're not in a CAR. You're not even on a MOTORCYCLE. You can go just about goddamn EVERYWHERE without appreciably risking your own safety.

You have no reason to stake yourself into the pavement other than to be an *******.

.....Or you could apply the protocol now and end this nonsense.

Or the fact that if there's any decent amount of traffic it will be nearly impossible to safely rejoin the flow of traffic.... of course, if you don't mind waiting around at the corner for the next 'Walk' signal, then feel free, nobody is stopping you. But insulting others because they don't is pretty ridiculous.

You weren't there, you don't know what street it is, nor if there are parked cars near the intersection, if the lanes are narrow or wide (There's a few roads I ride on with 40+ foot lanes, talk about a wide outside lane!!!)

There are also streets I have to go on occasionally where there is room/time for ONE vehicle to turn per green light! (And if that vehicle is a bus, they wait for the light to turn red, THEN turn against the light)

There's no WAY I'm moving over to let a bus try to squeeze by me... they're dangerous enough when they're not trying a bone-head maneuver like that.

For the most part the city bus drivers around here are MUCH more professional than that. I'm always on edge around school buses, though!

Thread closed.

My apologies to the OP that the childish bantering has ruined his thread.

Siu Blue Wind
Forum Admin.