Why do vehicles turn left in front of motorcycles?

[justride]

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Here are some links from another motobike websites http://www.motorcycleforum.com/showthread.php?t=111485
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/handbook/motorcycles/section5-2-0.shtml
https://rideapart.com/articles/10-common-motorcycle-accidents-and-how-to-avoid-them

There are also great threads on this forum ie. Why We Crash.
Ride safe

 

[TorontoBoy]

The subject is more complex than this. Read up on "SMIDSY", or Sorry Mate I did not see you, and "Inattentive Blindness". There may be deeper psychological and physiological reasons for car drivers not seeing motorcycles.

 

[Baggsy]

Some of it's for the same reason that riders miss a curve and end up in the ditch.

They underestimate the velocity of the motorcycle.

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