Day 15, #ridingeverydayinNovember

Well, I made it half way through #ridingeverydayinNovember before getting hit by a driver in a car.
:-(  It was a rainy day, there was nearly and inch and a quarter of rain by late afternoon, and a bit cool as well.

 I had errands to run during the day so could not get on the bike until dark. #ridingeverydayinNovember called, so I selected a route that I used to ride when I was training for races, and working full time, a 20+ mile loop that had wide shoulders with bike lanes, plenty of street lights, and mostly low traffic roads. At least the rain had abated.

 I was 4 1/2 miles into my ride when a driver saw me, but thought she could beat me to the intersection (Boones Ferry and Iowa) to make a right turn.  She didn't. I was a victim of the dreaded "right hook". She didn't turn in front of me, she turned right into me.

 I was well lit, and on my highly reflectorized "rain bike".

With an equal amount of reflectivity on my clothing and helmet, as well as wearing a class 2 Safety vest there was no question that I was visible

A witness to the incident stopped and gave his contact information to me, and he also called the Tualatin Police.  Sergeant Jeremy Rankin responded and filled out a report.

I sent an email to Sergeant Rankin asking him to cite the driver under ORS 811.050

I just want the driver to think.  I want all road users to be responsible. The "law of lug nuts" shouldn't be the law of the land.

........Road Bike........Rollers.......MTB..........Lifecycle......Total
Today ....9.................0.................0...............0...............9
Jan.........304................15................0...............31..........350
Feb..........0..................0..................0...............0.............0
March.......18.................0.................0...............0............18
April.......113................0.................0...............0...........113
May.........155................0.................0...............0...........155
June..........10.................0.................0................0.............10
July..........79..................0.................0................0.............79
Aug..........76...................0.................0................0............76
Sept...........97..................0.................0................0............97
Oct..........36....................0................0................0.............36
Nov.........205....................0................0................0............205
Total......1099...............15.................0...............31..........1145