{"id":7518,"date":"2012-01-19T08:25:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T16:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdxinjurylaw.com\/?p=7518"},"modified":"2012-01-19T08:25:22","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T16:25:22","slug":"bicycling-not-get-hit-by-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdxinjurylaw.com\/es\/bicycling-not-get-hit-by-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Bicycling in Portland: How NOT to Get Hit By Cars (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0We offer here our Top 10 reasons cycling accidents occur, and the best ways to avoid getting hit by a car<\/a>. The truth is you\u2019d be better off following these tips without wearing a helmet and not getting hit, than to wear a helmet and think that\u2019s the last precaution you need to take, leading you to get knocked off your bike and facing frightening injuries or worse.<\/p>\n

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  1. The right cross. <\/strong>Far from being a boxing term, this is actually the most common way for a bicyclist to get hit. Riding happily down the street, the cyclist is suddenly confronted with a car pulling out of a side street, driveway or parking lot on the right. This gives the cyclist no time to avoid the collision, and as any bicycle accident lawyer will tell you, when a car hits a bike, the car wins…every time. To avoid the right cross:
    \nA.<\/strong> Get a light and get yourself seen. Consider bright, flashing LED lights, even for daytime driving. If you can mount a light or lamp on your helmet, it\u2019s even better, because when you look directly at a driver, you\u2019re shining your light right at them, increasing your chances of being seen. Make eye contact any time it\u2019s possible.
    \nB.\u00a0<\/strong>Wave your hand if you can\u2019t make eye contact. Moving your arm left and right makes a motion that doesn\u2019t match the flow of traffic, making it more likely to be spotted. Consider getting an air horn (really loud) for your bike, and if all else fails, shout \u201cHey!\u201d if you see a car pulling out. Being embarrassed is better than being flattened.
    \nC.<\/strong> Slow down if you think you haven\u2019t been seen. If you haven\u2019t made eye contact and you think there\u2019s any chance you haven\u2019t been seen, make sure you can come to a complete stop if necessary to avoid the collision.
    \nD.\u00a0<\/strong>It may go against your natural instinct, as well as your desire not to be hit from behind, but move over to your left a bit. The further right you are, i.e. closer to the curb, the more difficult it is for cars coming from the right to see you. Being seen is the number one key to avoid being hit. On faster roads with fewer intersections, it\u2019s ok to stay a bit further to the right, but statistics show you\u2019re far more likely to be hit by a car coming from the right that can\u2019t see you than a car coming up from behind that can see you clearly.<\/li>\n
  2. The door prize<\/strong> is one you don\u2019t want to win. One of the top three causes of bicycle accidents is caused when a car door is opened directly in front of an oncoming cyclist. Once again, moving over to the left is the best way of avoiding this type of accident, in spite of a cyclist\u2019s natural inclination to worry about cars behind not being able to get past. The fact is the further left you are, the less likely you\u2019ll have the door of a parked car opened right in front of you.<\/li>\n
  3. Crosswalk danger. <\/strong>People riding bikes on the sidewalk are difficult for drivers to see when they\u2019re turning right from one street onto another. Many cyclists are hit as they leave the sidewalk and enter the crosswalk. Avoid this by:
    \nA.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Get that headlight on, even during the day.
    \nB.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Slow down, so you can stop if a car suddenly turns in front of you.
    \nC.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Stay off the sidewalk. You probably shouldn\u2019t be there in the first place, but if you are, the rules state you shouldn\u2019t be going any faster than a pedestrian would normally walk.<\/li>\n
  4. Riding the wrong way really is riding the wrong way. <\/strong>Moving against the traffic is such a bad idea for so many reasons, suffice it to say that if you\u2019re riding on the left side of the street, towards oncoming traffic, you\u2019re three times more likely to be hit than if you\u2019re on the right side of the road; for child cyclists, that figure increases to being seven times more likely to be hit. In fact, one in every four cycling accidents happens when the cyclist is riding against the traffic. And just a question\u2014how do you plan on making a right hand turn?<\/li>\n
  5. Stay out of the blind spots at red lights.<\/strong> Cyclists are killed every year by pulling up along the right side of a car or truck at a red light. As the light turns green and the cyclist pulls off, the car or truck makes a right hand turn, and disaster is unavoidable. To keep this from happening, simply take up a position behind<\/em> a car while waiting at the red light. This will make you highly visible to the cars behind you, and you won\u2019t be in danger if the car in front makes a right turn without warning.<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The truth is you\u2019d be better off following these tips without wearing a helmet and not getting hit, than to wear a helmet and think that\u2019s the last precaution you need to take, leading… leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_content_optimizer_report_url":"","_content_optimizer_report_added":"","_content_optimizer_keyword_hide_used":false,"_content_optimizer_keyword_hide_above_average":false,"_content_optimizer_entities_hide_used":false,"_content_optimizer_entities_hide_above_average":false,"_content_optimizer_headings_hide_used":false,"_content_optimizer_questions_hide_used":false,"_content_optimizer_tab_active":"","_content_optimizer_report_url_ce":"","_content_optimizer_report_added_ce":"","_content_optimizer_keyword_hide_used_ce":false,"_content_optimizer_keyword_hide_above_average_ce":false,"_content_optimizer_entities_hide_used_ce":false,"_content_optimizer_entities_hide_above_average_ce":false,"_content_optimizer_headings_hide_used_ce":false,"_content_optimizer_questions_hide_used_ce":false,"_content_optimizer_tab_active_ce":""},"categories":[11,36,40,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycle-accidents","category-catastrophic-injury-accidents","category-medicalsafety","category-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"\nBicycling in Portland: How NOT to Get Hit By Cars (Part 1)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pdxinjurylaw.com\/es\/bicycling-not-get-hit-by-cars\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bicycling in Portland: How NOT to Get Hit By Cars (Part 1)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0We offer here our Top 10 reasons cycling accidents occur, and the best ways to avoid getting hit by a car. 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