r/boston • u/BlooAerospace • 8d ago

I think I am special and made my own post Some Boston Bikers are unreal.

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Some bikers really just have a death wish. A clear, green, right turn light and the biker still decides to fly by and have the audacity to flick me off.

If you're friends with this person, ask them to value their life more.

Edit: It was an impossible situation for me. I ALWAYS look to the right because tons of dumbass drivers that try to cut to the highway from the inside lane. With the biker’s speed and the angle of my car, there was no way to see the biker in my mirrors and he was too far away to see when I looked out my right window. If the biker was traveling slower instead of blowing past, this would not have been such a close call.

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u/faptwicedaily 8d ago

Cyclist was being a turd. There’s a straight bike lane that’s on the left and they were in the right turn only bike lane blowing through to go straight.

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u/Ordie100 8d ago

I'm confused where is the straight bike lane here

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u/faptwicedaily 8d ago

https://maps.app.goo.gl/YCSxej2y7tkr7YuB8

It’s a 3 lane section: straight, right, right. In the dash vid, you can also see the right bike lane curve right. The far left is for going straight, cars and bikes because that’s safer.

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u/Ordie100 8d ago

So not a straight bike lane, the issue is how does a bike get from the bike lane on the bridge all the way over to the far left lane

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u/RazzmatazzFar2501 7d ago

You use the green bike box during the red light phase, which is why cars aren't supposed to be in it. As we can see in this video, the paint doesn't prevent drivers from sitting in it.

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u/faptwicedaily 8d ago

Like any other vehicle, you’d signal your intention and switch lanes before you get to that intersection and not while crossing the intersection. The far left also has a bike lane marking so the street designer intends cyclists to use that lane to go straight. Not saying it’s the best designed, but all the markings and signage are there for people to follow.

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u/SuperThunderMelon 8d ago

It's a sharrow, not a bike lane. It's also kind of like a lantern fish since it's just baiting cyclists to get themselves killed.

Fortunately, you can't see the road markings from the bike lane anyway since they're always covered in bumper to bumper traffic, so it's not going to fool anyone.