albion534
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A simple idea that could save cyclists from getting injured
- Thread starter The Oldman
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studio150
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Walk
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
If a bike is hit by a door surely it is cycling too close to the car? Another case of irresponsible bike riders!
GreersElbow
New member
No, you pay a vehicle tax....that doesn't get spent on roads or anything like that.
I assume the cyclist is a Mossad spy, right, WD?
Motogull
Todd Warrior
- Sep 16, 2005
- 9,843
I think its a duffer.
Most car owners seem to care more for their motor than anything else, so if they don't think that their door might be ripped off by a another vehicle why would they think about a cyclist?
Moving the handle back so it can't be reached by the right hand without twisting well out of position would be a better way of forcing it, but that ain't gonna happen.
Maybe a better solution would be just to remove all car doors.
Pogue Mahone
Well-known member
- Apr 30, 2011
- 10,733
We do that when they open them in front of us.
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 27,892
Most are voluntarily on the pavement already.
Cheeky Monkey
Well-known member
- Jul 17, 2003
- 23,033
The Dutch are the dogs when it comes to all aspects of cycling. Respect.
sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
- 3,733
With the utmost respect, your statistics table proves absolutely nothing other than that it is predominantly cars on the road. Without context, those numbers are utterly irrelevant.
banjo
GOSBTS
cycling gets you fit didn't you know.
That James Corden does try hard.... unfortunately you can't beat your 'glands'.
This is something I'm naturally very aware of whenever I get out of my car after it happened to me when I was about 14 cycling to school one morning. I went flying over the car door. Because of that experience I am extra vigilant about approaching cyclists whenever I open my car door.
Albumen
Don't wait for me!
Far too sensible for this forum. You've not mentioned tax or red lights once.
Except when they're jumping red lights of course. And why isn't there a straight Pride?
Rodney Thomas
Well-known member
I live in Amsterdam.... No cyclists obey the traffic lights, all cyclists go the wrong way up one way streets and they don't pay road tax here either.
Doesn't seem to cause much of a problem here though
As a motorcyclist I always remember what I was taught when learning. Always assume the worst, that a door will open in a line of parked cars, that car will pull out of a junction etc. That way when it does happen, which it does, you are prepared.
Pogue Mahone
Well-known member
- Apr 30, 2011
- 10,733
Absolutely. There's a laissez faire attitude there and in much of mainland Europe that is sadly lacking here.
Same here in Berlin. Also, cars actually slow down and give way to pedestrians a fair amount of the time as well. This later point took some getting used to.
