Marc writes that cars couldn’t see him until he added a flashing red  rear light, and now they see him and no longer drive right next to him. link

Manfred writes of a car that turned right into him at the intersection.  A car driver driving into the sun made a left turn into a friend,  putting her into a coma for weeks.  So now I will have a flashing light on the front and back of my bike.  I have been hit twice by cars at night, and the drivers said that they didn’t see me, even though I had bike lights.

Manfred lists major dangers: 1-Car driver turns right/left into  bicyclist; 2-Driver with cell phone while turning; 3-Driver fails to signal left turn or signals only a few feet before turning; 4-car diver races to traffic circle.  link

Posted on September 11, 2015