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Range Rover, not just any SUV
Range Rover, not just any SUV.
How do you know the driver opened "his" door?
Where is the gender of the driver ever mentioned?
DA says so
Sorry, it was in a link from that story:
Head bowed
Rest in peace.
Yet another "door zone" bike lane
and this time killing someone, not just badly injuring them. Awful.
I want charges to be filed, but I also want the city to *fix the bike lane*.
The Mayor said it best
Challenging the status quo is a weak commitment.
Talking about commitment in the abstract is pointless IMHO. Commit to specific actions, with timelines and a way to be held accountable.
Charges?
Just playing devil's advocate here.
What charges? Do you think this was on purpose to cause harm, or an accident?
I can see possibly involuntary manslaughter but that, knowing our judicial system recently, this will get ruled an accident. Opening the door on your car is not a crime.
Jesus you love putting your foot in your mouth
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXIV/Chapter90/sect...
OK
Thank you. The person will most likely face a $100.
I asked a simple question and you answered it like the Bike Mafia creep you are. Nice.
Read this while you are at it:
https://www.massbike.org/laws
Spin it any way you want
You told a lie and got called out for it.
Take the L.
I Can't Take The L
You already have it tattooed all over your face everyday.
Insecure much?
All he did was give you the facts.
Wow
He answered it with a simple citation of the relevant law, with no invective added. If that's how "Bike Mafia creeps" behave, you might consider becoming a Bike Mafia creep some day.
To be fair
I did make a point to ensure the subject line was a direct insult.
Lol, lbb is such a troll
Nothing more necessary to say
lol, I love...
...living rent free in your head. So spacious!
Come on
There’s no way my head has more room that your western MA house. Land’s like $1/acre out there.
But...
...your head's so empty...
Haha, touche
Well played, sir! Well played.
On Fragility…
Except you didn’t. You made a false statement and were corrected.
Well, that escalated quickly. You seem nice.
To play devil's advocate here
To play devil's advocate here.... he did say "What charges?" and "Do you think [___]?". Those are questions.
Johnny is a known troll, particularly on the topic of bikes
So he loses the benefit of the doubt with regards to questions being in good faith.
Especially when he tries to frame this as either something done on purpose to cause harm or it was an accident. Its coded language that you usually see when trying to frame blatant negligence that causes harm as just an accident, ie "they didn't wake up that morning intending to kill someone."
I only addressed his false statement that opening a car door is not a crime. He chose to throw the temper tantrum about "i'm just asking questions."
Troll - Ha.
So, someone who opposes your point of view is a troll. I guess, but really no.
I can't decide who are more unwilling to accept any view other than their own, Trumpies or Bicyclists. You all turn into a bunch of self centered brats once someone offers a differing point of view.
Like I have said before, I am all for bike lanes, proper bike lanes but that appears to be lost on you. Poor lad.
All for bs
you just flame everyone nonsensically
He is not a troll
he is a crank. They are entirely different species. He may be irritating, but that isn't his goal in life. He is sincere in his crankiness.
you can't open a driver's side door by accident.
You can look for traffic and open it safely, or you can open it recklessly without looking.
Tort
Wrongful death.
Intent is not required. All the tort elements are present here:
-Duty (the driver was required by law to verify it was safe to open his door)
-Breach of duty (he didn't)
-Injury
-Proximate cause
The bereaved family should sue the pants off the driver.
That may have the effect of increasing safety for other bicyclists through the case's publicity.
Jesus Christ Costello give up already
You're an idiot and so are the 15 people who upvoted this.
I hope you don't drive a car, since you don't realize there are laws requiring you to look and make sure an area is clear before moving any part of your car into it.
Ha Ha
It is hysterical that you invoke Jesus Christ when he suffered less in life than you do apparently everyday.
Please be careful, folks. It
Please be careful, folks. It only takes a fraction of a second to look before you open the car door.
more succinctly..
Inattentive Driver Kills Senior Citizen
Helpful habit for drivers to get into
When opening your car door, start by opening it just a bit. 4-5 inches. The intention of the door coming the rest of the way open is now obvious to everyone. Pause. This pause is a great time to finish grabbing your purse/keys/phone/dunkin cup/mask/whatever. Double check your lights are off, verify you aren't leaving something meltable in the hot car, again, whatever, take these 3 seconds for yourself. THEN open the door, although don't shove it so it goes flying.
Maybe I grew up watching too many 90s sitcoms but the idea of just kicking open the car door from zero to sixty immediately always gives me nightmares of passing traffic slamming into it and ripping it off. Even if you don't gaf about bikers, I don't need major body damage because I was in a rush and so was the car in the travel lane.
Also, do the
Dutch Reach.
also
just follow the law.
The article linked here has a
The article linked here has a photo of Broadway with one car parked in the bike lane and another partially blocking it with the rear of the car.
Advice for drivers
When you’re in city traffic, opening your driver-side door with your RIGHT hand, and not your left, encourages you to check your rear view mirror. This can help prevent doorings.
Edit: This is the “Dutch Reach” linked to above.
Not just your mirror
You need to turn your head and directly view the lane to ensure no one is approaching the door.
You also need to do this when changing lanes, turning across a space, or reversing, unless you have one of those new cars with the cameras AND you understand what they do and don't cover and how to use them properly. Mirrors exist to extend our view for added safety, but we generally need to turn our heads and look at the space into which we are planning to move our vehicle or any part of it.
Additional benefit
An additional benefit of the Dutch Reach is that if an oncoming vehicle strikes your partially opened door, the impact may be more likely to spin you back into the car rather than yanking you into the crunch zone.