I got doored a little over a year ago, and I was hit,
and the cop didn't do jack. The people were being
total assholes and blamed me for it, and the cop
didn't do anything. He said that unless we went to
court, there was no way to prove it because it was all
he said she said. But I got their insurance
information to make them pay for the damage to my
bike, but it turned out to be false, and they also
gave a false phone number. It was, and still is,
really really infuriating.
On the plus side, drive sports trued my wheel for free
(the only damage), and I totally bent the HELL out of
their door. Seriously damaged it. Like at least
$1000 worth of work. He he.
So no, I don't think that the cops do that, unless
they happen to witness it.
Does anyone know otherwise?
Christine
last summer, as I was riding my bike to pick up my weekly share of farm-to-city veggies at that <cough cough> mennonite place up there on baltimore ave, I was doored for the first time in my life. by a parked car. the impact threw me out of the bike lane and there I was, flat in the middle of the street, still gripping the handlebars and with my bike still clenched between my legs. for like a full stunned minute the car person and I just kind of looked at each other, and I remember thinking how weird it was that my wheels were still spinning. YOU OK he says. yeah, I say. I FEEL TERRIBLE he says. don't worry about it, I say. YOU OK he says again, and I'm like yeah I'm ok dammit.
after that I tried convincing everyone I knew that it would be safer for bicyclists to ride on the other side of the street, facing traffic. you wouldn't get doored, I told them. you wouldn't get sideswiped. they all laughed at me.
now I have this cool looking scar on my upper right bicep. the chicks all dig it, and it predicts the rain.
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