tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post5476440220823086250..comments2024-01-05T11:00:30.673-06:00Comments on DFW Point-to-Point: Free Right Turn FAIL and an ObservationSteve Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-11402351623216565822011-01-26T19:18:23.179-06:002011-01-26T19:18:23.179-06:00I misjudged the driver's ability to react by m...I misjudged the driver's ability to react by moving about 1/4 second early. Moments DO make a difference. In retrospect, I suspect her cellphone made her MORE focused on me rather than less. I'd signaled, but it is hard for crossing traffic to see a cyclist's right arm, and the arm gets tired after a while.<br /><br />I will keep my eyes out for the other-way-round situation. I can't recollect a car turning onto my path anytime recently. Perhaps this is a regional difference. If I encounter it, I'll post on it.<br /><br />As for the "Yeti" thing. It's been said that Yeti are imaginary, but even if not, I was waiting to turn right and the crossing motorist certainly could not have picked me out from a crowd of other people on bikes.Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-11684410448123416572011-01-26T14:35:40.483-06:002011-01-26T14:35:40.483-06:00I have been in that situation several times, after...I have been in that situation several times, after which I stopped doing that and will let the car clear first. I think more than anything, cars (around here at least) are accustomed to bikes behaving unpredictably, and so they don't trust me to not throw myself under their wheels.<br /><br />And I also have to admit that I find the other-way-around situations a bit alarming: Cars will start to turn onto my path before I have 100% cleared the intersection, because they assume I will keep going at the trajectory I've already started at. But what if something forces me to stop? What of I fall in the middle of the intersection? If I were a car, I would definitely wait until the bicycle cleared to go.Velouriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359329171411037482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-48428848396850370352011-01-26T06:57:58.733-06:002011-01-26T06:57:58.733-06:00I think showing your hand to let your cars know wh...I think showing your hand to let your cars know what you're about to do is still the way to go. Perhaps seeing a Yeti threw her for a second. I am considering gluing an old cell phone to the side of my helmet so that people like her might see me with the phone on my head, and get less freaked out.John Romeo Alphahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01289456379789026152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-48435096314314120892011-01-25T22:19:28.171-06:002011-01-25T22:19:28.171-06:00You got nuthin' on me today, but good post reg...You got nuthin' on me today, but good post regardless.RANTWICKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394479078513545568noreply@blogger.com