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.
2006-11-28 06:24:01 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
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.
2006-11-28 06:37:29 · answer #1 · answered by Gallifrey's Gone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were travelling with the flow of traffic through the intersection and were continuing straight, and there was a car waiting in the turning lane to make a left turn, but cut you off from continuing straight, yes, you had the right of way. When you drive on the road with your bicycle, you must follow the rules of the road just like a motorcyclist, or automobile.
I've been cut off by people making turns through an intersection when I was continuing straight driving my car.
So, yes, the motorist was wrong.
2006-11-28 14:33:10 · answer #2 · answered by alwaysbombed 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-11-28 14:29:02 · answer #3 · answered by cmpbush 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He is right. If he is in the left lane indicating to turn left but you want to go forward you should pass him on the right to do so. You have no right to cut off his turn making him wait and block following traffic until you get out of his way.
2006-11-28 14:39:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You had the right of way plain and simple. In NJ as I learned in, bicycles are a part of traffic and must adhere to the same laws as cars. Therefore you had the right of way and they failed to obey the law i.e. yield to you.
2006-11-28 14:35:20 · answer #5 · answered by Nicholas C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-11-28 14:31:14 · answer #6 · answered by c.a.d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about sticking to bike trails. I used to ride a bicycle in the streets with heavy cars zinging all around. That was when I was a child, and since I've developed a little common sense.
2006-11-28 14:50:55 · answer #7 · answered by done wrenching 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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.
2006-11-28 14:31:21 · answer #8 · answered by John M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-11-28 14:29:38 · answer #9 · answered by yoyo 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Right of way or not, why not be a little humble and understand that it is better to yield to cars than have your intestines splurt out of your azz when you get ran over?
2006-11-28 14:33:56 · answer #10 · answered by joe b 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋