A white women in her 50s with shoulder length brown hair driving a silver Toyota SUV side swiped a cyclist riding the sharrows on Ohio Ave in Los Angeles. The women did not stop to check after the cyclist. The incident occurred on February 24th at 9:55am in the Westwood neighborhood between Veteran Ave and Sepulveda Blvd. The cyclist was heading westbound on Ohio when the driver behind impatiently forced her way ahead by pushing the cyclist out of the way. The lane was not wide enough to accommodate both a cyclist and an SUV and the sharrows are painted in the middle of the lane. The opposing lane was crowded with incoming cars and the pass occurred in the middle of the intersection of Camdem Ave and Ohio Ave.
RIDING A MOTORCYCLE I WAS APPROACHING A RED LIGHT AND CHANGING LANE TO THE RIGHT TO EXIT ONTO HIGHWAY 237 WHEN A BLACK JEEP WRANGLER GOING REALLY FAST TRIED TO BLOCK ME AND BEEPED HIS HORN, I SWERVED BACK TO THE LEFT, HE PULLED ALONG SIDE, WOUND DOWN HIS WINDOW AND THEN STARTS ABUSING ME, SWEARING ABOUT ME NOT SIGNALLING OR LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER. I ASKED HIM WHY HE TRIED TO BLOCK ME AND WHY HE WAS IN SUCH A HURRY TO SIT AT A RED LIGHT, A WOMAN IN THE CAR ASKED HIM TO CALM DOWN AS THERE WERE CHILDREN IN THE CAR.
THE LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN, HE PULLED AWAY FAST AND THEN SLOWED DOWN AS WE ENTERED THE ENTRANCE LANE TO 237. I TRIED TO PASS ON THE RIGHT AND HE SWERVED TO BLOCK ME VERY NEARLY KNOCKING ME OFF MY BIKE. I SLOWED, STAYED BEHIND AND THEN PASSED HIM WHEN THE TRAFFIC STOPPED BY LANE SPLITTING.