Originally Posted by
genec
Better have Xray eyes... around here folks darken their windows so the interior of the car doesn't heat up in the sunlight. Also I learned to avoid the doorzone when I was riding past a parked car near the University and a student that had been apparently sleeping between classes suddenly threw the door open and ran off to class.
I think staying out of the door zone is safer than trying to expect the unexpected.
Yes, and no.
While being out of the 'doorzone', there are the right-turn JAMs' who will claim they didn't see the cyclist.