kramer5150
Flashaholic
I have been commuting to work by bike/bus for the last 3.5 weeks. I ride 2 miles to the bus stop, take the bus for about 9 miles, hop off and bike 5 miles to the office.
SO... today I was stopped at a red light, semi-busy intersection with traffic lights and bike lanes all around. I was stopped in the bike lane waiting for a green light. I was about 1.5 arms length from the car to my left, my front tire about a foot from the pedestrian cross-walk.
This car somewhere behind me starts honking. I ignore it, thinking its directed at someone else. It persists, and the lady in the car rolls down the window and screaming obscenities at me to get out of her way so she can make a right turn. I turn and look at her, and I continue to ignore her for 10 more seconds, thinking I am not really doing anything wrong:thinking:. I would have really liked to help, and move over, but there wasn't any other place for me to move to. The light turns green and I then proceed through the intersection with the rest of the cars. She makes her right turn once I clear out of her way... continually screaming at me as she makes her turn onto the cross-street.
SO... I ask all the more experienced motorists and cyclists. What was I doing wrong? I mean... I was on a bike in the bike lane, waiting for a traffic light. Isn't that where bikes are supposed to be... or should I have been closer to that car on my left? Am I supposed to be much closer to the curb? That however would still be blocking her turn a little, and I would have gotten scolded for that too. I'm not about to ride my bike on the sidewalk, there are a lot of pedestrians and families walking there.
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SO... today I was stopped at a red light, semi-busy intersection with traffic lights and bike lanes all around. I was stopped in the bike lane waiting for a green light. I was about 1.5 arms length from the car to my left, my front tire about a foot from the pedestrian cross-walk.
This car somewhere behind me starts honking. I ignore it, thinking its directed at someone else. It persists, and the lady in the car rolls down the window and screaming obscenities at me to get out of her way so she can make a right turn. I turn and look at her, and I continue to ignore her for 10 more seconds, thinking I am not really doing anything wrong:thinking:. I would have really liked to help, and move over, but there wasn't any other place for me to move to. The light turns green and I then proceed through the intersection with the rest of the cars. She makes her right turn once I clear out of her way... continually screaming at me as she makes her turn onto the cross-street.
SO... I ask all the more experienced motorists and cyclists. What was I doing wrong? I mean... I was on a bike in the bike lane, waiting for a traffic light. Isn't that where bikes are supposed to be... or should I have been closer to that car on my left? Am I supposed to be much closer to the curb? That however would still be blocking her turn a little, and I would have gotten scolded for that too. I'm not about to ride my bike on the sidewalk, there are a lot of pedestrians and families walking there.
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