Written in the true spirit of a bible thumper. Your attitude would probably have been the same towards those among this country's founders and colonial revolutionists who were unfortunate enough to have been captured by the British, or towards runaway slaves unfortunate enough to have been tracked down by the masters dogs.

What sucks here is a poorly drafted and unjust piece of legislation that incorrectly assigns blame to the cyclist.

The door zone that we refer to here on the forum is a term created among cyclists - it is not a universally known traffic term.

As others have pointed out, had the motorist opened his door into a passing automobile, the blame would have been placed with the 'driver' of the parked car, not upon the passing motorist. Where I live, it is the responsibility of the driver opening his door on the traffic side of the street who is responsible not to interfere with passing traffic.

I predict that Wisconsin (or Madison as appropriate) will deal with this deficiency in their traffic code.

It surprises me to find attitudes like yours on a bike forum, especially in A&S.

Carsuo