Dashcam video from a car dramatically shows what happens when somebody opens a door into a cyclist. The cyclist just narrowly avoided becoming road pizza when the driver swerved to avoid hitting him (or her?)
Tag Archives: dooring
Dooring kills
May 19, 2010 – 9:33 pm
Summary of this article: 35 year old cyclist rides eastbound on Macarthur Boulevard in East Oakland when a 42 year old motorist opened her door directly into the cyclist, knocking the cyclist in the path of an AC Transit Line NX bus.
Dooring a bus & blaming the bus driver
April 13, 2010 – 2:00 pm
A parked driver in Seattle opens her door into the path of a moving bus with predictable results. Just like everybody else, she’s a better than average driver who would never cause a traffic accident, so naturally she blamed the bus driver for taking out her car door.
Monday Outrage
April 5, 2010 – 2:00 pm
With the April Fools shenanigans I missed this news from New York City: Rodney Seymour was doored by a truck driver while cycling home from work. When Seymour insisted on an accident report from the responding NYPD officer, the policeman got upset and issued Seymour two traffic tickets — one for riding without a bell read more
Bronx cyclist doored, killed by bus
March 17, 2010 – 12:14 pm
A 57 year old woman riding her bike was doored and flung into the path of a bus Wednesday morning.
