I always get out on the curb side. I would never get out on the other side unless there was a compelling reason and I looked carefully. This idiot was trying to zoom past the cab in the foot or so of space twixt cab and curb.
Bob On Aug 27, 2006, at 10:03 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > You don't look before you open a door into traffic? Bikes don't stop > instantaneously nor can they always avoid the door opened in their > face. > Unless this was the curb-side door of the car, you were entirely at > fault here (If it was the curb-side door, everything changes and the > cyclist was doing something extremely stupid). If a car had taken the > door off what would you say? Don't open doors into traffic unless you > look first. > >> >> Once in New Orleans I was about to get out of a cab under one of >> those hotel verandas with multiple cab lanes. I opened the door and >> was about to step out when an impatient driver tried to zip around >> the cab way too fast and completely took the door off. Getting out >> of cabs appears to be a dangerous thing for me. >> >> Bob >> > > The second story however is entirely the cabbie's fault. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
