# Milligan Univ cycling team decimated by driver while on training ride

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**Created:** [August 20, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milligan-univ-cycling-team-decimated-by-driver-while-on-training-ride/1032451 "2026-08-20T14:02:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milligan-univ-cycling-team-decimated-by-driver-while-on-training-ride/1032451/61 "2026-09-08T02:47:52Z")

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You do you. I think you are doing it wrong.

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**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milligan-univ-cycling-team-decimated-by-driver-while-on-training-ride/1032451/62 "2026-09-08T02:52:09Z")

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Except that, whatever the law might be in your state, my state explicitly allows all vehicles to turn into any lane when making a left turn. So while whether you are doing it right or not in your state may be an open question, in my case, it is definitively not.

ETA: And just so we’re clear, this is a problem I have never had, because I have never made a left turn in the way you seem to think your state requires you to do it:

> [@Chronos](#):
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> There have been a couple of times where I’ve been on my bike, and made a left turn, and so ended up in the left lane of the road… and then a car came right behind me and followed me closely. Now, I’m sure the driver wanted me to get out of their way, and I wanted to get out of their way, too… but I couldn’t safely cross to the other side of the lane to get to the right edge of the road, because the car was so close behind me.
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> Sadly, I can see something like that escalating to road rage and resulting in a dead cyclist.

So, very real problem, and one entirely created by this (IMHO flawed) idea that a cyclist should turn left into the left lane rather than the right.

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**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milligan-univ-cycling-team-decimated-by-driver-while-on-training-ride/1032451/63 "2026-09-08T03:12:35Z")

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> [@ASL\_v2.0](#):
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> So, very real problem, and one entirely created by this (IMHO flawed) idea that a cyclist should turn left into the left lane rather than the right.

It’s a legal requirement here.

If I ever ride in TX, I’ll keep your laws in mind. I doubt this will ever come up since I can never see myself riding on multi-lane roads there.

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