One of the top ten crash types occurs when a motorist fails to yield to a bicyclist when making a right turn.
In this crash type, the motorist turns right across the path of a cyclist who is going straight ahead. More than half the bicyclists are riding with traffic on the roadway. The bicyclist is typically riding on the roadway (although one-in-three riders are on the sidewalk and one-in-five are riding the wrong way against traffic) and the vehicle driver passes the cyclist and then cuts across in front of the rider. The motorist may misjudge the speed of the cyclist or believe (mistakenly) that the bicyclist should wait for them. While bicyclists certainly need to be aware of the danger of this happening and be ready to take evasive action, educational efforts should focus on the driver.
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