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Originally Posted by Jahdai42
Bikes are great, it is the stupid drives with blinders on, putting on makeup, texting or just oblivious that scare the hell out of me.
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As a non-biker, it's the reckless ones that scare me. I try to be aware of all of my surroundings 100% of the time while I'm driving, and am even more cautious when I have my child in the car with me. Last year there was an incident where I'm getting ready to turn right on a red at an intersection, divided 4 lane road, and no traffic in my lanes. The opposite, oncoming lanes have a bit of traffic and a bike. I pull out into the road and a second or so later the biker flips an unsignaled wide U turn in the intersection and slams on his brakes right behind my car. He didn't hit me, but I looked in my rear view mirror to make sure he didn't dump the bike unexpectedly or something. Nope, he's just right on my bumper shaking his head, as if I'm the one at fault. It still pisses me off to see people ride recklessly and then get on their soapbox about how everyone around them is blind, etc..
