Bob Shell wrote: > On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:12 AM, David Mann wrote: > > >>My brother-in-law spent some time as a cycle courier in London and >>he's told me a couple of interesting stories. While I'd love to get >>paid to ride a bike all day, I don't fancy doing so in the middle of >>any city. > > > Last time I was in London I took a cab to a central destination. The > cabbie pulled over to the curb, I paid him, and when I opened the > door to get out a bike courier slammed right into it and went head > over heels through the air over the door. Good thing my arm was out > of the way! He got up, dusted himself off, and then proceeded to > curse a blue streak at me, as if his idiocy was somehow my fault. I > just went on my way and left him and the cabbie arguing over who was > going to pay to fix the bike.
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. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
