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Originally Posted by Tbrazie
Seriously? Bikes have the same rights on the road as cars. I have never seen or even heard of a bike cutting off a car. More likely is that ignorant drivers don’t know the have to yield to the bike in front of them. Always. I had a driver honk and curse me for being in the road legally turning left with signaling when they came roaring up behind me from over a block away. I was stopped to allow the oncoming golf cart to pass before turning onto my street. I clearly had the right of way. Such ignorance
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Inattentive and ignorant bikers exist too; natural selection keeps the number low but they do exist.
Since you say you have never heard of a bike cutting off a car, here's an example for you. A young cousin and his friend played a "game" where they would cut off cars in order to hear them lock up their brakes. The friend played it one time too many and is no longer around. Stupid and certainly not typical but it does happen.
If you have read these threads long enough you will have seen examples of bicycles not stopping at stop signs and not yielding to vehicles already in the circles. Stupid and not common but it does happen.
This case probably was due to an inattentive driver, but it is not beyond the realm of possibility that the bicyclist was at fault.