• zaphod@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    The result is more or less the same isn’t it? At least when people back into traffic they seem to pay a little more attention.

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      No because in a dooring zone i can look to see when it’s clear. In this type of parking i can’t see through a car next to me and so have to reverse without being able to see when its clear.

      Unless I’ve misunderstood what you meant by “dooring zone”.

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        If you ride close to the cars in streets with parallel parked cars you’re in the dooring zone. Someone doesn’t check if there’s a cyclist approaching, opens the door and you ride into the door because you can’t react fast enough. Usually you can’t look into the cars ahead of you, at least I rarely can. You should keep some distance from those cars, but sometimes bike lanes are in the dooring zone.