Originally Posted by
markus_mudd
If the driver opened his/her door into the path of an oncoming car and it got knocked off....Would the passing vehicle be blamed? Or would the driver who opened their door into traffic be blamed?
This. I can't count the number of times I've almost performed an accidental doorectomy with my truck because the driver couldn't be bothered to look before opening (and usually, jumping out and standing just beyond the end of the door, to boot). I think I've seen a half-dozen or so vehicles over the last few days with the leading edge of the driver's side door bent outward. I wonder how that happened...