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My reaction to the "doored twice in one year" was exactly the same.

If you have been doored twice in one year you are probably doing something wrong. Take a WABA class or something. Ride on the left side of the bike lane so if a door does open, you can take evasive action to avoid it.

The most dangerous thing I see my fellow bike riders do on a daily basis? The "MUST KEEP TO THE RIGHT" mentality. Weaving to the right every time there's a break in parked cars, passing on the right of vehicles you KNOW people are going to be exiting (TAXIS, BUSES!) People are just putting themselves out there to get creamed.

The one fact everyone on a bike should know: getting hit from behind by a car is the last thing you have to worry about. Yes, it is scary because you can't see behind you. But the people behind you CAN see you. As long as you are predictable and don't weave in and out of the parking lane/sidewalk, people coming up behind you will see you and avoid you. You are 100X more likely to be hit with a door, right-hooked by a vehicle, hit by someone turning left across you etc. THOSE are the things you should be worried about and watching for. Forget "getting out of the way as much as possible" so that you don't get hit from behind. It almost never happens.

by MLD on Mar 22, 2012 12:02 pm • link • report