I drive an electric scooter to and from work each morning, so I use the bike lane on Yesler all the time. If I had a dime for how many close calls I’ve had with cars turning right onto Boren from Yesler almost hitting me in the bike lane I’d be retiring early, swear to god. This is an only an intersection away from Yesler and 12th where that elementary school teach was hit and killed earlier this summer!! This morning, I was almost hit again heading west on Yesler. Driver fails to use their blinker and yield when turning right onto Boren, and I have to brake and swerve to avoid hitting them. I confronted her, and of course she doubles down on her bad behavior. It seems like drivers here often do this when confronted instead of owning the mistake and apologizing… Then she drives off… and almost hits the guy on the scooter behind me!! He catches up to me, and I yell back to him, drivers always do this crap at this intersection. His response? “You didn’t have to yell at her. “ I yelled back at him, “she almost hit you too?? “ What do you mean I shouldn’t have yelled, she’s clearly a bad driver. The whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth this morning. So I’m supposed to just shut up and take it when drivers almost send me to the hospital? I don’t believe i’m in the wrong here. Has anyone else had issues with this intersection? Any other intersections to watch out for?
TLDR: seattle drivers don’t pay attention to bike lanes, and don’t own up when confronted about it. Fighting back against bad drivers is apparently too aggressive.
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