Dangerous Biking

IMHO, the most dangerous time to be biking is in heavy traffic.

It seems counterintuitive since cars are mostly stopped or moving very slowly at that time. But frustrated drivers make snap decisions and quickly cut in and out of lanes or decide at the last second to take that back road home. This is the most dangerous time for a biker because you are generally the last thing they are thinking about anyways.

In traffic also look out for side streets opening up on your right. Polite drivers leave gaps so that drivers going the opposite way can turn through the traffic. They are making a left hand turn. On a bike you are virtually invisible to the turning driver and are at risk. The only thing to do is to slow down and make sure that no one is making that turn.