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Old 08-28-16 | 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by ItsJustMe
...The moving cars are in traffic and can see you and make adjustments. The person opening the door does not (is supposed to but doesn't)....
*This* I have not been doored, but I have encountered enough doors opening just far enough ahead for me to react in time, and enough just behind me to breath a big sigh of relief. When I hear the click of a door latch retracting, it sounds the same to me as the hammer on a fire-arm. I'll take my chances with the moving cars.

Last close call with a door was an unmarked state trooper car. He pulled over suddenly behind a utility truck in the bike lane and immediately swung it open as I was moving left to pass. Fortunately I had already checked my speed and the disc brakes took care of me with a few feet to spare, otherwise he would have thrown me into the speeding traffic in the next lane. He said "Sorry about that, be safe now". Sure Bud.
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