Think about what you just asked him. "did you not see him park?" You're suggesting that a biker is responsible for looking at parked cars and predicting when the passengers will open their doors in addition to paying attention to all the moving traffic? Do you expect the same from the driver of a car? If you drove down the street and a car door opened right in front of your car, would you later (after you either swerved into oncoming traffic or ripped the door off its frame) think to yourself "my bad, I should have seen him parking!" I'm making the assumption that you would be angry with the parker for not checking for traffic before throwing his door open.
Yes, I am 100% saying that. As a driver I was taught defensive driving. You don't just watch the moving traffic. You predict that even if you have the right of way, people are going to do the wrong thing. I would think in most cases (in the reason I asked him), that it falls under comparative negligence. The parker should look before they get out but the biker should have been more away of his surroundings.
-Ben
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