Cyclist veers to avoid collision with car
Cyclist was switching lanes from right to left to connect to the bi-directional bike lane that begins one block further up on on the left side of the street. At the same time, a car moves into the same lane from the left side cutting the bike off and forcing it to veer right to avoid a collision.
It's completely bizarre that there's a beautiful protected bike lane along most of the length of this street but at the northern end there's a 5-block gap that forces cyclists coming from the bike lane on Wellington (in front of Parliament Hill) to move from right to left across four lanes of car traffic!
Incident location
Incident details
- Date of incident
- 17/12/2024 12:00AM
- Incident type
- Close call
- Location of incident
- O'connor Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5M7, Canada