If we continue to have 200lb bicyclists sharing the roadway with 80,000lb trucks, every interaction becomes lethal. THIS IS A SOLVED PROBLEM that we continue to ignore.
this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2024
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Doesn't really seem like it's very solved to me?
The solution is to separate bike lanes from the road, this is ignore in basically all north american cities and else where too.
That said I think the bike in the video is a motorcycle so that wouldn't have helped them in this case.
on street parking is a plague. They could at least eliminate the parking by shifting it to a park n ride scheme.
After reviewing the footage the man clearly died... he got knocked out of his shoes. RIP buddy.
That is so /r/funny
he clearly rolled a 20 on his save
Dude just flung someone to their presumed death and gave zero fucks.
Better go grab something from my car and then just stand here like a totally uninvolved bystander watching something mildly curious
I think they were actually putting something back into their car.
That being said, Jesus christ who the fuck opens their door that forcefully?
It looks like they opened the door normally, until the motorcycle got caught on it and forced it all the way open
Still, to just stand there instead of rushing over to help the person you may have amputated.
He did get absolutely launched tho. Wtf he got pneumatically operated doors or something???
Absolute psychopath.
That's literally why you're supposed to check your mirrors before you get out of your parked car, dumbass.
Do it like the Dutch: https://www.dutchreach.org/
I don't know how or why this is always attributed to the Dutch. I'm Dutch. We definitely did not learn this. Not in school, not from parents, not in driver's ed. We do not open our doors this way.
The thing is that all Dutch drivers are also cyclists, that helps a lot. Also, our infrastructure is very very very VERY accommodating to cyclists. Often bicycle paths are separated from roads,which helps a lot.
When opening doors, we simply look. There's a mirror very conveniently placed for the sole purpose of looking behind you. Use it. If you open your doors without looking and thinking, you're an idiot. None of that has to do with being Dutch.
You would've loved to get French fries instead of the Dutch reach, wouldn't you?
Unfair how those potatoes are linguistically attributed to the French, no?
The website literally says:
Dutch kids learn it from parents & in school. It’s taught in drivers’ ed, and used to pass their driving test. It's been Dutch commonsense for 50 years.
What I don't get is that this is useful regardless of bikes. If you're opening your door on the street side, then a vehicle could also rip out your door/you. The "Dutch reach" prevents that just as much as it prevents killing a cyclist. I dunno I do live in the Netherlands so maybe my perception is warped, but I'd never just swing my door open street-side without checking, bikes or no bikes.
Not warped. I don't live in the Netherlands but I always do this regardless of how I am parked.
This is why you never ride in painted, unprotected bike lanes. They are exceedingly dangerous for this and other reasons. Ride in the middle of the road for safety.
For what it's worth that person was on a motorcycle
Same rules apply! Edge of the road is total death. People driving in the lane and people opening car doors cannot see you as well. Not to mention stuff like people walking to the car doors, people unloading stuff, etc. The edge of the road just gives you so much less time to react to bad situations.
I've had people even throw their passenger door open in heavy traffic, where I almost flossed their door off, had I not swerved. And that was car to car!
I can't tell what's worse, the thought you just pushed a man to his death, being thrusted under a truck dazed but alive, or the thought you flattened someone you had no way of stopping from hitting. Life altering events for everyone!
This happened to me once, lucky the street was empty. You can't even react to this.
Hats off to that truck driving for being incredibly attentive.
That's terrifying