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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ovenbird43" data-source="post: 1216049" data-attributes="member: 64478">Right on!  To a lesser degree I use these same rules when I'm also in a car.One of the bigger problems I've encountered is people who pass in a car only to turn right in front of you, I've almost run into cars when they've done this.  One way to get around that problem (but which I don't always recommend) is to ride more toward the center of the lane as if you were just another car.  It makes you more visible and more difficult to pass, in cases where passing you would be dangerous.  But of course it just raises the ire of many a motorist... I personally just try to stay out of the way and watch everybody carefully.Another problem I've noticed more often recently is cyclists riding in the dark without lights.  At a minimum I think every cyclist should have a blinking tail light, if not a headlight of some sort as well.  I would be scared to ride at night without lights, then you really are invisible!  As it is, even with lights I avoid riding on Friday and Saturday nights, when too many drivers really are drunk...:C</blockquote>