Originally Posted by
dynodonn
I like the part about the legal and practical responsibility for avoiding doorings is on the motorist or passenger opening the door.
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If it's not the door opener's responsibility, whose is it?
Note they aren't saying that cyclists should ride in the door zone.
Cyclists should always have the right to leave the bike lane if their safety is threatened due to surface conditions, obstructions, and dangers such as opening car doors. This has always been, and remains, a core principle of the League.
Originally Posted by
dynodonn
Yeah, like it's going to hurt them more than it will me.
They agree with you!
Riding a bike or driving too close to parked cars always creates the risk of a car door opening in your path. The impact of this on a cyclist is clearly more serious
than for the drivers of motor vehicles. There is a concern that bike lanes striped against parked cars will put cyclists in the door zone and therefore into greater danger.