Originally Posted by
IronMac
I saw an accident on Queen St. where this cyclist tried to squeeze between a parked truck and the streetcar. He misjudged and ended up unconscious on the street. No, he wasn't wearing a helmet.
Then, this cyclist came up to me to ask what had happened and I told him and the idiot started to blame the parked truck for being where it legally was.
Actually, he was right...A cyclist that got doored on Queen Street sued the city and won!...a study (long kept secret by the city) found that Queen Street is too narrow for safe cycling if parked cars and streetcars share the road...he won $2500.00
same as that accident a few weeks ago on Queen East where a driver opened his door, the cyclist took evasive action, and ended up under a streetcar (he was trapped for few hours, but is OK)...same as the cyclist I saw get doored by a taxi at Queen E. and Sherborne in October...he wasn't moving when the ambulance took him away (he was wearing a helmet)