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i know this is a pedestrian but the same sense applies, you are crossing a lane you as a car driver can only do so if it is safe.
Incidents happen, learn from it and remember drivers have no right to be on the road.
the opening the door with the other hand thing is actually a really good move - if you don't do it or haven't tried it give it go forces you to look outside - rather than concentrate on saying goodbye to the missus
incidentally here in Australia - at least in Victoria car dooring is a specific offence - [i]"The penalty for this offence is now:
On the spot infringement: $352 Maximum court fine: $1,408"[/i]
regretfully last year a proposal to making it a points offence didn't get passed
edit - incidentally in MrMo's pic - cars have to give way to peds even if not started crossing - Cyclists are not supposed to undertake cars turning left Left turning vehicle
[i]Rule: A bike rider must not ride on the left side of a vehicle that is indicating left and turning at an intersection.
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the cycle lane is for toddlers and old grannies.
if the cyclist was doing 20mph, they should have been overtaking.
this court finds in favour of Cheers_Drive.
The cycle lane started quite a way back (where the long dashed lines start), the red paint section is there presumably to warn drivers of its presence at a junction
It's nice how they made the cycle lane and the drain the exact same width, stops the cycle lane flooding y'see. Plus it means you get to rode over a wet metal grate, which is always fun when you're braking for a corner.
I'm not going to comment on the rights and wrongs of this, but I am going to say that while I've never hit a cyclist with my car, and I do try to be observant and sensible with speed and manoeuvres, I sometimes think "there but for the grace of god..." when I hear these stories.
By law the person opening the door is at fault. Someone did it to me and when they tried to sue me for damages to the car the magistrate rued in my favour. Got new wheel and forks out of it which was nice
maybe get out of the boot next time, or perhaps the sunroof.
In my experience, quite a lot of people do look, but [url= http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3626604.ece ]all it takes is a lapse on concentration or your mind being elsewhere for it to happen.[/url]
I tend to use my bike light on strobe if I am going to be going through traffic in the hope that helps a bit.
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maybe get out of the boot next time, or perhaps the sunroof.
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mrmo - that's not a fair comparison though is it; of course you give way if the pedestrian or cyclist is in front of you coming up to a junction and never turn across one that you had just overtaken. In my case in your photograph the cyclist would have been out of shot to the right when I opened the door and was overtaking us on the inside.
I'll accept the guilty verdict with the extenuating circumstance of a shite bike lane design.
Makes it worse IMO.I tend to use my bike light on strobe if I am going to be going through traffic in the hope that helps a bit.
I should've made it clear that I only do that during the day, I would never use strobe when its dark as that would just blind people.
I actually used my strobe yesterday to stop a head-on as someone thought they'd drive through me as they tried to overtake a bus on my side of the road!
I'll accept the guilty verdict with the extenuating circumstance of a shite bike lane design.
so you'll be reporting it to the local highways/council then as being unsafe and needing attention? 😉
cheers_drive, but if the person on the pavement is jogging and your in slow traffic they could easily be moving faster than you.
Yes it is a crap design of bike lane, but drivers and passengers really have to be aware that there are other people around who can move faster than they do.
Turning left across a bike lane? Its not a crap design if you treat it the same as trying to turn left from the outside lane of a dual carriageway! Or turning left across a bus lane.