You couldn't have described it better. I have seen this many times.
I think a lot of the times the drivers are in auto pilot because the street/ intersection they are on is home territory or somewhere they frequent a lot and their brain is thinking "this is the way I should travel as usual - just drive on" instead of "here is an intersection, slow down to safe speed to assess all risks and plan my actions accordingly, stop if I have to, make sound judgements"
or... " Oh, its just a motorcycle, its not a car/ truck... they don't matter and I am in a car so I am more important on the road... bikes are smaller than cars so I will just sneak out here and be gone before they get to me anyway... SHIT!!! he got here faster than I thought..."
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