Originally Posted by
spivonious
I'm really surprised people are blaming the bicyclist. He's in the bike lane, he has right of way. The taxi had its four ways on, but I missed that the first time through the video. The taxi shouldn't be letting people out in the middle of the road....
I totally agree that the door-opener was at fault. But any bicyclist who depends on "right or way" is just plain foolish. An experienced, thoughtfull rider rides as if right of way doesn't exist, and rides slowly in dangerous and unpredictable situations - which is exactly what the bike lane offered - predictable danger and predictable unpredictability (yes I wrote predictable unpredictability). I'd say the door-opener was guilty of opening the door carelessly, but the bike rider was equally, or nearly equally as guilty of riding carelessly.