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start the new year wrong
https://nypost.com/2019/01/01/cyclis...b-in-brooklyn/
-- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On 1/1/2019 5:43 PM, AMuzi wrote:
https://nypost.com/2019/01/01/cyclis...b-in-brooklyn/ Yep. Never ride in the door zone. On other fora, there are people praising the "Dutch Reach," which is the habit of opening your driver's door with your right hand. (Reverse that for drive-on-left countries.) The idea is, it twists the driver into a slightly better position for looking back for oncoming door-zone bicyclists. But others have demonstrated via photographs that even with the Dutch Reach, it can be extremely difficult to spot a cyclist. And could a cyclist really be sure every motorist exiting a parked car has learned from that trickle of Dutch Reach publicity? Of course not! Never ride in the door zone. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 19:46:38 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote: On 1/1/2019 5:43 PM, AMuzi wrote: https://nypost.com/2019/01/01/cyclis...b-in-brooklyn/ Yep. Never ride in the door zone. On other fora, there are people praising the "Dutch Reach," which is the habit of opening your driver's door with your right hand. (Reverse that for drive-on-left countries.) The idea is, it twists the driver into a slightly better position for looking back for oncoming door-zone bicyclists. But others have demonstrated via photographs that even with the Dutch Reach, it can be extremely difficult to spot a cyclist. And could a cyclist really be sure every motorist exiting a parked car has learned from that trickle of Dutch Reach publicity? Of course not! Never ride in the door zone. Over here, in a country that general has the most, or almost most, auto accidents in the world opening a door on the traffic side of the car is hazardous... so people generally open the door a crack and peek out before they open the door fully. Opening the door in front of a bicycle might result in minor damage to the door, but opening it in front of a 10 wheel truck is an altogether different proposition. So bicycles benefit from big trucks :-) cheers, John B. |
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Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/1/2019 5:43 PM, AMuzi wrote: https://nypost.com/2019/01/01/cyclis...b-in-brooklyn/ Yep. Never ride in the door zone. Sure, but to catch the real drama (rbt), zoom into the photo: The chain looks rusty and unlubed!! https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/190101-bike-death-brooklyn.jpg -- "A careless Toyota cabbie on the right, a deadly Nissan driver on the left. Or a clean, lubed drivetrain and a strong American flasher in the middle. It is your choice. The reward may be ... a more honorable mention on rbt." youtu.be/pGJcwaUWNZg |
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