Drivers Behave Badly with Bike Lanes

>> PAM: NEW AT 8-- >> PAM: THIS IS ALL THAT IS LEFT AT THE SCENE TO REMEMBER OF A BICYLIST WHO WAS HIT AND KILLED IN SAN FRANCISCO AT 6TH AND FOLSOM. A HAND WRITTEN SIGN AND A SINGLE FLOWER >> PAM: IN THE BIKE LANE, WHEN A TRUCK TURNED IN FRONT OF HER. KRON FOUR'S STANLEY ROBERTS LOOKS AT WHAT HAS BECOME A COMMON PROBLEM. IN THIS LATEST EDITION OF PEOPLE BEHAVING BADLY. (MALE ANNOUNCER): NOW, HERE'S STANLEY ROBERTS WHO FOUND SOME PEOPLE BEHAVING BADLY. >> REPORTER:BICYCLE LANES ARE ONE OF THE IN THE ENTIRE BAY AREA YOU ARE LOOKING AT A CITY EMPLOYEE UTLIZING A DEDICATED BIKE LANE ON 8TH STREET IN SAN FRANCISCO NEAR HARRISION AND IT'S NOT UNTIL THE DRIVER PASSES ME DOES HE FINALLY MOVE BACK IN TO REGULAR TRAFFIC >> REPORTER: HOWEVER ONE OF THE BIGGEST MISTAKES IS WHAT THIS DRIVERIT GOES BY DIFFERENT NAMES SOME CALL IT A FISH HOOK AND SOME CALL IT RIGHT HOOK MAYBE A RIGHT HOOK OR IN THIS CASE MAYBE A LEFT HOOK WHEN THE DRIVERS TURNS IN FRONT OF THE BIKERS PATH >> REPORTER:THIS IS AARON BIALICK FROM MANY DRIVERS ARE UNEDUCATED >> REPORTER:HERE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE, THESE ARE CALTRANS TRUCKS I LOVE HOW IT READS THANK YOU FOR DRIVING SAFELY, EXCEPT THEY ARE ABOUT TO EXCEPT OPPOSITE. >> REPORTER:THEY ARE ALLOWING THESE BICYLIST THE ABILITY TO PULL TURN WOULD BE FOR THE TRUCKS TO MERGE INTO THE BIKE LANE AND MKE THE BICYLIST PASS ON THE LEFT >> REPORTER: IN FACT IF YOU WATCH ALMOST EVERY DRIVER FAILS TO MERGE INTO THE BIKE LANE, STATE LAW SAYS THAT YOU CAN MERGE WITHIN 200 FEET THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISO GIVES YOU 100 FEET TO MERGE YOU CAN TELL FROM THISE DOTTTED LINES >> REPORTER:THE ONLY TIME A DRIVER CAN CROSS THE SOLID BIKE LANE IS TO PARK IF PERMITTED OR TO PULL INTO A DRIVEWAY, NO OTHER TIME AND NO YOU DON'T GET TO KICK IT IN THE BIKE LANE WITH YOUR FLASHERS ON >> REPORTER:THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY THAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND TO MAKE A TURN PROPERLY IS TO GET AS CLOSE TO THE CURB AS POSSIBLE >> REPORTER:SO .TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, NO MORE RIGHT HOOKS OR LEFT HOOKS AT BIKE LANES.LEARN TO MERGE PROPERLY AND AVOID TAKING OUT CYCLIST >> REPORTER: THAT PERSON ON THE BIKE COULD BE THE DRIVER WHEN YOU ARE ON THE BIKE AND EVERY ONE SHOULD DO THE BEST THEY CAN THAT EVERYONE GETS HOME SAFELY IN SAN FRANCISCO STANLEY