Originally Posted by
Pedaleur
No, they aren't.
(if it's a crappy door-zone bike lane)
Well, it DOES depend, doesn't it?
If closer inspection should really show that, yes, the door zone is less risky than the lane, they would be right to be upset. I haven't seen any breakdown of the accidents analyzing neither that aspect nor if really "taking the lane" is better than "hugging the curb". There's a lot of arguing going on, and attempts at logical reasoning, and anecdotal evidence - but very few hard statistical facts, it seems.