09-11-08 car door opened into path of cyclist

[catbells69]

Another ignorant selfish cunt in a car.

[deanlow39]

@catbells69 takes a cunt to know a cunt....cunt

[catbells69]

@deanlow39 Do you say that into your mirror every day?

[Nomasain]

What an amateur, he missed the cyclist totally!

[tjscrubs]

dang, one second sooner and this video would of been a lot better

[CaptainCocaine]

@tjscrubs How? By making it even more boring?

[Ebbonified]

To hell with bike lanes. They're dangerous. I think they cause more problems than they solve. I've seen all manner of junk, obstructions, parked public and privately owned vehicles and poor road conditions in bike lanes.

This one positions a bike lane in the "door zone". Obviously the city planning department was full of car drivers the day they thought of what to do.

[95ellington]

Slow down, ur going too fast.

[CaptainCocaine]

@95ellington Got to make the moment last...

[JeeRaph]

@BenMurphy22 Turn into another lane of traffic. What if a car was there? What if he did it a little later?

[gendarmeriavaticana]

@BenMurphy22 exactly, he had all the time in the world to avoid that door, tho i did think he was going to hit it on purpose, for a minute. and then blame and curse the driver for everything wrong in this world. (like you see on a lot of other cyclist videos...)

[catbells69]

@gendarmeriavaticana Yeah, 'cos injuring yourself to prove a point is smart! Driver at fault.

[z06lingin]

It is the person in the parked cars responsibility to check and see if there is oncoming traffic before they open their door when i ride my motorcycle i try and not even be in that lane or at least the left side of it because most people dont they just blindly open their doors and step out and i pray when some dumbass does that i'm not driving my 4x4 Suburban because they will become a grizzly mess and it will be their fault and i probably will end up on here as the guy who killed the dumbass

[carlos08081990]

as a cyclist i understand what this person went through, i get lots of close calls everyday like this person did.... you have to understand that at his speed and distance, he needs to not only react fast enough to notice the door, but he needs to choose weather braking or turning, brake too late and he would slam or if he turns he needs to make sure no cars are besides him to run him over, so its a series of calculation that takes place which a non-cyclist would most likely not see or understand

[busog97641]

I am glad you were quick to react!

[localSickened]

if you were a car people wouldnt be gay and dislike this, at least i think so but at least nobodies hurt including you

[Richyhello]

Putting a camera on your bike looking for trouble. Sad Bastard.

[lJohnnyTheFoxl]

I just try and hit people who do this.

[Gr1mm1g3r]

@McLovinHaze its illegal to ride bikes on sidewalks unless you are less than twelve years old in 47 states

[aznmarty256]

If this happened on a busier street, the danger would have been more apparent. In some dooring incidents, the cyclist avoids the opening door, only to be taken out by a car on the other side.

Whenever I park, I check my left sideview mirror to make sure there are no passing cyclists. If I see one only 10 seconds away (70 - 80 feet), I wait for him to pass.

[PlanCartesien]

@aznmarty256 In that case, the proper reaction is not to swerve into the trafic but to apply your brakes and aim at the person coming out of the car in order to cussion the impact.

[ethen24]

@BenMurphy22

You are absolutely right!

[hiknski]

i usually just slam the door on their shins when they swing their legs out

[idiotzrule]

@hiknski Oh yea?! And how do you manage that you lying cunt!?!

[adrigent]

We have a case of misunderstanding here: people check this kind of vids to actually get to watch cyclists gettin' hit by the door - when they realize there's none of that they feel compelled to post moronic comments about cyclists and their manners.

Just try 'rally crash' - there's plenty of that!

- cyclist from Italy

[BenMurphy22]

My point was that if you think you're a victim here you are ridiculous. How far back do you expect people to be able to look for a bike before opening the door to get out of their car?

[hillbillyradicalrick]

far enough back not to hit anyone.

[Dashdecent]

@BenMurphy22 With his wing mirror the driver can see 100s of yards. The driver only has to look back as far as a bike can travel in about 10 seconds. The real culprit here, though, is the road designer who put a cycle lane in the door zone of parked cars.

[LedZeppelin7104]

Good thing you have mad ninja skillz.

[BenMurphy22]

You were about 4 car lengths behind when it opened.

[bivvyfox]

@BenMurphy22 had it been 3 he might have been hit....

[Theonly1GameFace]

this was very informative. thank u

[cambridgecyclist]

Fortunately, I was paying attention! The motorist clearly was not.

[bgexiii]

This video would have been good had you not been paying attention.

[rootbeer9000]

ok....