from TheWashCycle by washcycle
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I was driving along River Road this evening when I rolled to a stop at an intersection where a bicycle was waiting for the light to change. I was in the middle of my lane – the rightmost through lane — and the bicycle was partway into the lane. There was plenty of room to its right, in an unoccupied right-turn-only lane.
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I approached the next intersection, I was as far left as I could go, with my tires just about touching the dotted white line. The bicyclist had also moved leftward, well into the lane. As I stopped, he threw his bike against my car and started screaming that I had hit him.
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Sigh, I want to take Berner’s side because I’m not a fan of pounding or screaming, but when the cyclist moves left to take the lane (something I do when I feel like my kindness is not returned) Berner misses the message and pulls up beside him again, instead of waiting behind him. But Berner, I guess, doesn’t get that he is supposed to stop behind the cyclist.
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https://www.thewashcycle.com/2011/04/cyclist-overreacts-or-doesnt.htmloldId.20110406163738881
Biking in Baltimore