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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Take that lane!
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 16:29:17 -0400
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On 4/19/2024 2:59 PM, AMuzi wrote:
> 
> My daughter was doored ten days ago on Devon Avenue (north side Chicago) 
> and dumped into the traffic lane. Fortunately traffic stopped for her. 
> She's banged up but wasn't crushed to death with a 65mph impact.

I'll mention again: Dooring is a very dangerous type of crash, because 
it often hooks the right handlebar, suddenly throwing the rider 
leftward, possibly right in front of a car.

But dooring data is poorly captured. Most accident report forms treat it 
the same as if the cyclist ran into something like a telephone poll. 
It's not considered a crash with a "vehicle in transport."

And I'm told that Chicago did choose to record doorings - even though 
many of their bike lanes actually promote dooring crashes, since they're 
painted in the door zone. They found that something like 20% to 25% of 
their car-bike crashes were doorings.

Don't ride in the door zone.

-- 
- Frank Krygowski