"Judith M Smith" wrote in message
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On Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:13:23 +0100, "mileburner"
wrote:

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While technically the person opening the door is at fault, the cyclist can
avoid this type of accident completely by riding further out and avoiding
the "door zone" completely.



The further out in to the centr of the road you cycle - the closer to
you will overtaking traffic drive.

The closer you are to overtaking traffic - the more chance there is of
accident.

Hence - the further out you ride - then the chance of an accident
increases.

You miss the point :-(

Riding further out eliminates the possibility of having a door opened in you
path.

And the further out you are, the less chance there is that a driver will be
trying to overtake - they will instead be forced to wait until there is
enough width to do so safely.