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This is one of the common accidents, the "right hook". https://velosurance.com/blog/how-to-avoid-most-common-riding... https://www.fcgov.com/traffic/pdf/bicycle-crashes.pdf

I mostly walk these days but when I did bike I had these crash patterns memorized so I could avoid them.



I got hit by a car last weekend. It was the "left cross". Fortunately I wasn't seriously injured -- just a minor concussion -- and my bike wasn't badly damaged.

It's a weird situation. The guy who hit me stopped but seemed like a crackhead. There wasn't enough damage to require a police report or involve insurance. But maybe I should have just to create a record of this idiot causing accidents.


> But maybe I should have

Yes, definitely!

For the reason you suggest, but also -- complications from injury sometimes are not evident immediately.




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