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If you feel the need to get hit by a car, this is a prime place to do so. The #1 occurrence of motorcycle-to-car accidents is a car turning left into the path of an oncoming bike. You should be prepared for car drivers to be stupid at any time, but intersections are places where more care than normal is called for. | If you feel the need to get hit by a car, this is a prime place to do so. The #1 occurrence of motorcycle-to-car accidents is a car turning left into the path of an oncoming bike. You should be prepared for car drivers to be stupid at any time, but intersections are places where more care than normal is called for. | ||
Take a look at the handy diagram here. You | Take a look at the handy diagram here. You are Mr Green Motorcycle. | ||
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The only way to avoid one or all of these scenarios is to be aware that they can happen and try to predict what the drivers might do in the next couple seconds. The price of motorcyling freedom is eternal vigilance. | The only way to avoid one or all of these scenarios is to be aware that they can happen and try to predict what the drivers might do in the next couple seconds. The price of motorcyling freedom is eternal vigilance. | ||
See also: [[Stopping in traffic]] | |||