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Do i have right of way? |
if you are biking with traffic, and you come to an intersection with a green light, and there is a car waiting in the left turn lane. arent you allowed to go and the car has to yield to you?? becuase the stupid car went and i had to stop, but i'm pretty sure i had right of way. The law says cars should yield to you. However, it also says that cars and cyclists should stop for stop signs, but they don't always. I'm a pedestrian, a cyclist and a car driver. I've also had to drive farm equipment and ride horses on the roads and trust me, no matter what method of transport you use, it's always better to assume that every other person you see is a complete moron. You'll live longer. You are on a bike and the car is bigger than you are and is made of much heavier material...while you may technically have had the right of way, the car owner did not care and did not yield that right of way so you had to stop. This is typical of many automobilists' attitudes towards bicyclists. Just be careful out there and don't expect them to respect you...because many of them will not and you will get hurt. I always find it a good thing to follow the advice of my driver's ed instructor from way back in 1976, whether I'm in an auto or on a bike..."Drive like nobody else know's what the hell they are doing and you will be okay." That advice has saved my life so many times in the past and I know that it will save my life many times moreover in the future. They have to yield to you. For the most part cars always have to yield to pedestrians, or in your case, a biker. So yes, you definitely had the right of way. yes the car should yield to you. you have the right of way. you have as much right to the road as a car and are expected to follow the same rules of the road. In Texas the pedestrian or cyclist would have the right of way. The important issue here is that you did not get run over. It wouldn't have mattered to you very much if they put a note on your casket that you had the right of way. www.thecarcounselor.com whether the car is supposed to yeild to you or not is a moot point. Ride as if noone will ever yeild to you, and you might live through the week. |
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