On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:24 PM, Bob W wrote: > Was that the kerbside door, or the roadside door? It's normally > considered polite (and sensible) to look behind you before you open > the roadside door. If it was the kerbside door then the cyclist > probably got what he deserved. An experienced cyclist should of course > allow more than a door's width when he passes a car, but it's not > always possible in London traffic.
Kerbside, or curbside as we Yanks would say. I wouldn't get out on the other side unless I was forced to for some reason. I don't like dodging cars in London. Habits are hard to break, so after almost getting hit on my first trip to England years ago, I started making a habit of looking both ways before crossing a street, since my natural habit from the USA is to look the wrong way. I am extra cautious about traffic when in England, particularly when I am the one driving!!! Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
