Originally Posted by cherrypicker

Today I was biking along with another cyclist, and we came to a light with maybe 8 cars waiting. There was no room on the right, so I just slowed and waited but the other guy went lane-splitting. Watching, it seemed to me that any of the cagers could've opened a door (say to pull an errant seatbelt in, or the bottom of a dress or something) or reached out a window to stretch, or tossed a cigarette out, and the cyclist would've had a problem.)