Quote Originally Posted by Wrangler View Post

3. Don't think they give a shit - I ride with my headlights on, even in the daytime. I flashed my lights at her. Guess she didn't care.

-Wrangler
You're right, they absolutely don't give a shit. This is the classic Shanghai left turn, and we just have to get used to it. It's completely dangerous and illegal but there's nothing you can do to prevent it, you just need to be prepared (as you are now ). Stopping too fast was how I got hurt last April going through an intersection, except it was an idiot on an Ebike and not a car.

As for your tap on her mirror, I wouldn't worry about it. Maybe you got her blood flowing a little better as a result . One time I did actually block an idiot who was doing this. He kept coming left and I just kept going right, until he had to stop by the curb with me parked right in front of him while all the oncoming traffic passed him on the left. I just smiled and nodded my head at him, then passed him on the left as he had to wait for the light to change again. Didn't make my passage through the intersection any easier, but made me feel a whole lot better.