I live in Australia, and we have recently had a law introduced that when passing a cyclist on the road, you [b]must[/b] leave a 1 meter (3ft) distance between your car and the cyclist... No matter what.
So I'm sitting at a red light, it goes green and I take off. The road immediately bends to the left, so traffic we had stopped for was coming from the right.
Out of the corner of my eye I notice this girl on one of those shitty "kit" bikes riding merrily along looking straight ahead, unaware of me, hurtling towards her.
Mind you, she has obviously run a red light, and I have legal right of way.
I slam on my brakes and blast the horn, sphincter puckered up tighter than a frogs arse, adjustable steering column collapsing due to the sheer force of the inertia from me moving forward while everything else is trying to desperately stop.
I miss her by literally centimeters.
She rides on without so much as an acknowledgement of what has just happened.
I roll down my window and yell at her in the biggest, most threatening voice I can make (and I'm a big guy)...
[spoiler]Sup Girl... Why you ignoring me?[/spoiler]
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Edited by patuca_1999: 5/17/2017 10:44:01 PMNope. A person on a bike rode out in front of you. Cyclists are always aware of their surroundings, know the laws of the road, follow the laws of the road and show respect towards others they are sharing the road with. Same can be said of motorists vs. a person in a car. Good thing for the woman on the bike, a motorist was behind the wheel that morning.