The Other Day

I was driving the vehicle the other day. I was turning left from Baltimore to El Cajohn Blvd. and noticed in the rear view mirror a bicycle coming up about five cars behind. Instead of staying the turn lane he darted into the opposing traffic lane and made the turn INSIDE of the turning cars behind me. It was so wierd, it was about the stupidest thing I've ever seen, except on TV! After passed him he swung over into the bike lane. Unbelievable!





The yellow indicates the left-hand turn lane. The black is the cyclist's path. There is a curb between the left-hand turn lane and the opposing traffic lane, so there is no way he could have got to safety if he had missed the light.

I, of course, "take the lane" in a case like this, seeing how people can't seem to stay in their lanes when turning and seem to either swing wide or, more commonly, swing narrow (is that the correct term?). And that swinging wide is another reason I think lane-sharing is not good.