John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
Cab said:There are two things that sometimes go wrong signalling left.
The most dangerous, I think, is the left hook ... and I think its very rare when you're turning left from primary position.
I'm usually in primary at junctions (would be at roundabouts, but my commute no longer includes any) because of bad experiences early on in my commuting - (thank heaven for this place, or I'd still be pootling along at the kerb all the time).
The other one, almost as dangerous, is when someone accelerates at you because you're about to get out of their way. You signal, they speed up, someone steps out from the path in the junction where you want to go so you have to stop, and you're screwed. Had several very near misses like that, so now if there is traffic behind me I signal to turn left very late.
Gotcha - good info Cab, thank you.