[As having more then one MTA driver drive in a similar manner around me and received similar comments from MTA drivers that I don’t belong on the road (implied that they have a right to run me off the road) this article is very disturbing. While negotiations are still continuing with MTA to include routine how to drive safely around cyclists training I would like to remind everyone this is a very real problem not just locally but nationally as well. BTW all professional drivers and drivers convicted of aggressive driving in Maryland are taught … (are you sitting down) cyclists are obstacles, which should do wonders for their tolerance of us on the roadway and our safety.]
A cyclist westbound on Hollywood Boulevard hears a loud horn behind him as he rides in the right side of the #2 lane, alongside a row of parked cars and dangerously close to the door zone.
The motorist with the heavy horn hand turns out to be Metro Bus Driver #XXXXX and she passes the cyclist so closely that his left hand touches the side of the bus as it speeds past him. The number #1 lane is empty and nothing serves to prevent the bus driver from changing lanes to pass the cyclist except for a failure on her part to acknowledge the cyclist
https://laist.com/2007/09/24/hollywood_bus_d.php
If this story was not outrageous enough there is more stuff happening in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills SUV Driver Attacks Bicyclist, Only Bicyclist Gets A Ticket
https://laist.com/2007/09/04/beverly_hills_c.phpoldId.20070925165649563
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