One of the worst types of right-hook IMO

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To me, this is one of the worst types of right-hook: no signal, at speed without braking, from the middle of the lane. A less experienced cyclist or one unfamiliar with the traffic patterns at this location would have no way of knowing this motorist would turn right.

The only worse type is the much popular outside or double-turn from the thru-lane.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Reho on May 21, 2019 at 4:15am

How about the one where the car rapidly passes and cuts in right in front of you, then slams on the brakes to make a right turn?

Permalink Reply by Tooscrapps on May 21, 2019 at 4:36am

Another good one, but it is still a right-hook if cutting you off makes the hook act impossible? 

Permalink Reply by Jim Reho on May 21, 2019 at 9:00am

The problem is, sometimes you want to go around the guy to the inside when he slows down.  Then the right hook scenario comes into play.  Now, I just slam on the brakes and stay in back of him.  I fear the right hook even more than getting doored.  

Permalink Reply by David P. on May 22, 2019 at 3:38am

It is generally excellent practice never to be on a vehicle's rear quarter when you're about to go through an intersection. 

I learned this in, of all places, the British driver's manual 'Road Craft' as a teenager. 

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