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Old 10-15-2010, 12:09 AM   #7
blaine
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Re: Couple on Harley killed Tuesday.

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Originally Posted by alanmcorcoran
Left turns are the killers. All the street books stress being extra vigilant when you see a car waiting (or not) to turn left in front of you. I actually hold up one finger (not that one!) as in "wait a minute (for me to get past)" and try to make eye contact with them. If I don't get any reaction, I slow down to a crawl. I've had some near misses already. Some of the books say that psychologically, because you are NOT a car, they often really don't see you - and I believe that is true.
:plus1: I get especially nervous if they already have their wheels cut waiting to turn left in the intersection.
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