@Mulveyr - with all due respect, welcome to Los Angeles.....where cycling is like one of those Japanese game shows where contestants dodge objects trying to knock them over, only here is cars and doors. I make generalizations about the non random nature of the accident because I live in the same city, in fact I have lived in Burbank as well and I know first hand the level of attention paid to cyclists by motorists. I commute 6 miles a day through a gauntlet of morons in SUV's and BMW's down one of Santa Monica's busiest areas every day 365 days a year and I garuantee you that your view of drivers would turn "rapacious" very quickly if you did the same.

I once again stand by my selfish vs mistake arguement as well. I avoid a dooring at least 2-3 times a week by riding on the extreme edge of the bike lane at all times and without fail its always someone on their phone, looking through their purse, or just not giving a f*ck that opens a door into my path. You can tell me the sky is orange but if every time I look up its blue, well, I guess you can keep calling it orange to sound like a more enlightened person, but in the end you are giving people the benefit of the doubt who truly do not deserve it.

Also, my very good friend was in an accident involving a cab and got 50K out of it, so the idea that you wont get proper compensation from the legal system is nonsense, you need a better lawyer....