I almost got me two bikers years ago in Tulsa OK. The light turned green, I proceeded when zip! There they were, coming from the left! Lucky I had good brakes.
We now got lots of them around here, some on reclining bikes. I don”t trust them at all!
Ahem. I believe the correct term is “cyclist”, not “biker”. I should know. I used to ride a pretty nice HD Sportster quite a bit and had no problems being known as a Biker.
You really should not confuse a cyclist with a real Biker. *evil grin*
I almost ran over guy on a recumbent bike. I drive a Tahoe and he was way below my line of sight, I would have seen a regular bike or a pedestrian. I was waiting for the traffic to pass so I could back out of my parking space. I caught a glimpse of him in my side mirror and slammed on my brakes just in time.
He got mad at me and started yelling but I was even madder so I started screaming at him. I told him how stupid he was to ride that low bike on such a busy street.
When a bicycler gets killed the biking community paints and old bike white, calls it a ghost bike and chains it to a light pole near the accident, there are quite a few around now. Bikers beware.