This isn’t cultural, it’s a physical necessity of turning on a bike. If you were to just turn, you’d fall over. I seem to recall veritassium having an excellent video where they physically prevented the bike from countersteering to showcase.
People do it in cars for another reason; it gives you a wider turn angle.
I understand why people do it on a bike. In a car it is cultural. There is no reason to turn right before turning left in a left hand turn lane, going safe speeds. A person doing so rarely sees cyclists or the lane next to them. I’ve seen my fair share of accidents stemming from this behavior. A wider turning radius isn’t needed in a car 95% of the situations in which this weird trick is used.
Sure if you are racing in a grand prix or have a trailer hitched to a truck, but when you’re turning your SUV left into a Target in Sheboygan, chances are your vehicle can handily manage the turning radius just fine.
This isn’t cultural, it’s a physical necessity of turning on a bike. If you were to just turn, you’d fall over. I seem to recall veritassium having an excellent video where they physically prevented the bike from countersteering to showcase.
People do it in cars for another reason; it gives you a wider turn angle.
I understand why people do it on a bike. In a car it is cultural. There is no reason to turn right before turning left in a left hand turn lane, going safe speeds. A person doing so rarely sees cyclists or the lane next to them. I’ve seen my fair share of accidents stemming from this behavior. A wider turning radius isn’t needed in a car 95% of the situations in which this weird trick is used.
Sure if you are racing in a grand prix or have a trailer hitched to a truck, but when you’re turning your SUV left into a Target in Sheboygan, chances are your vehicle can handily manage the turning radius just fine.