Comments on: Trucks and Intersections

By: Andy Cline

Andy Cline — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:32:28 +0000

Danc… Thanks for those resources!

By: danc

danc — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:15:08 +0000

Re: IMO
1) “advancing on .. stopped line of traffic”, is colloquially know as “filtering”, illegal in the US except California. The practice is obviously dangerous.

Bicycle riders even have this problem in Portland, Oregon. The City Water Dept let cyclists ride in the truck cab so they could understand why it’s hard to see cyclist sometimes.
http://www.portlandonline.com/water/index.cfm?c=48440&a=211185

Training video, might even be useful for cyclists!

By: Keri

Keri — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:19:23 +0000

Thanks Andy! We cannot stress enough the simple things cyclists need to know about trucks. If one person reads it and makes a different decision that saves his/her life, it's worth the time and bandwidth. Just like with the door zone. Understanding blind spots and how trucks operate can save your life. It's a common and fatal crash type that is avoidable. BTW even riding in a regular traffic lane, when a truck pulls beside me in the next lane over, I get away from it expeditiously to avoid getting caught by a lane change. I do the same on a motorcycle.

By: Andy Cline

Andy Cline — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:43:46 +0000

Steve… Exactly.

By: Steve A

Steve A — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:11:48 +0000

It is not made clear in the research summary, but it is NOT stopping at a red light that puts you in danger. It is the combination of being in a blind spot, without aggressively getting back out of the blind spot, that is dangerous.

I stop at red lights all the time. Invariably, the trucks stop behind me unless they were ahead in which case I have a nice view of their back doors.