Saturday, April 23, 2011
GoPro Video - Helmet Mounted
Here is one of the first videos I recorded, using my GoPro camera mounted on my helmet. There is an interesting maneuver in traffic at the beginning that should only be done by a bike, and maybe not even then, but probably is better than what the other cyclist did. He stopped in the "through" lane to wait for the "left only" light.
In the original audio, you can hear me breathing, and you can hear the clicking of my shifter.
The video features a 30 mph run down a short path and onto the road, then a short stretch of the most dangerous part of my route; the underpass at Main Street. Motorists approach from my right side, on the far side of a concrete barrier. The only way they can see me coming is if I'm on the left side of my lane. The City of Bellevue painted "sharrows" onto the pavement, but every other cyclist I've seen stays on the right shoulder.
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What few people know is that it is legal to make a left turn against a red arrow, after clearing that there is no conflicting on-coming traffic, unless the signal is marked with appropriate signage, such as "no left turn on red light (or arrow)".
Pertinent code is found at: RCW 46.61.055, para (3)(c): " ... However, the vehicle operators facing a steady red arrow indication may, after stopping proceed to make a right turn from a one-way or two-way street into a two-way street or into a one-way street carrying traffic in the direction of the right turn; or a left turn from a one-way street or two-way street into a one-way street carrying traffic in the direction of the left turn; unless a sign posted by competent authority prohibits such movement. ..."
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