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Ditto the kerb and opening the door. Another favourite is getting a young child out with the door fully open and her **** pointing out into the road. I live on a road with a park in it and see that all the time. Have seen doors hit that way twice, though have never seen them completely sheared off.

Berni

 

you simply gotta get over that my friend. I've been sideswiped by boats/trailers much wider than the tow vehicles-cut off-pulled in front of...and sent tumbling over the hood of a Hyundi SUV a few years back...

Years ago it was like that Nick Cage movie "WEATHERMAN". Punks would throw crap out windows at me, reach out and try to slap me as they drove by. The last time that happened, I caught them at the next redlight and bitch slapped the kid back-man was he surprised.

Every State/City etc treats their cyclists differently. In Central New York, there simply isn't that many of us out on the road at any given time-especially in the winter months.

You ride aware-defensive riding, like defensive driving. If I didn't ride my bikes-road/mtn/cyclocross, I would take a hostage damn near everyday.

get out and ride, just be aware.

 

They were probably busy multi tasking...probably texting or yapping on the cell phone about SDA.

 

I always ride my bicycle on the sidewalk for that reason, among others.

No one walks in LA, and I'd rather be hit by a pedestrian than a texting girl in an SUV.

 

News reports it was a man driving that opened his door and received a ticket

http://www.coronadelmartoday.com/136...r-gets-ticket/

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The incident occurred about 2:15 today when David Earl Hartman Sr. of Newport Beach opened his door just as a wine delivery service driver, who gave his name only as Sean, drove past.

Hartman said the truck driver was “coming real fast.”

“He came so close, I literally had nowhere to go,” he said.

The driver said the car door flung open suddenly against his truck, and he didn’t have a chance to stop the accident.

Witnesses said the truck driver stopped immediately after the incident.

“He (the Porsche driver) was getting out of the car, swinging his door open,” said one Corona del Mar man, who said he witnessed the entire incident and called police.

Police gave Hartman a ticket. Hartman said the officer told him, “You’re at fault, just sit there.”
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Hartman said the car was about eight months old and worth $185,000. No damage estimate was immediately available.
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It's not worth $185,000 now...

 

Worth? debatable.. MRSP? yeah, likely true

 

Did they ticket him for no front plate too?

 

Spoken like a Southern Californian!

 

Damn, gasoline is cheaper in SoCal than Seattle??? Our 76 station down the street is 3.45 for premium....

 

So that's the guy, his wife and two kids in the first picture. The guy is wearing a NY Nicks t-shirt.
Even if I just wrecked my car, my wife would not be leaning up against it that way texting on her phone.

 

He lives on my street.....glad it wasnt an aircooled

 

Strange for the door to just fall off without causing much more visible damage to door and front fender.

 

That's very close to my work. Thanks for stopping to take pictures and sharing them. This is very amusing indeed.

Reminds me of a very expensive sedan that got damaged in a low speed accident in the Crystal Cove parting lot. The driver got out, took a look at what had happened to his car and then got back in and drove off. There's just no sense of how expensive these vehicles are, mostly because to many people around here they're not "expensive" at all.

 

How hard is it to take a look in your side mirror before flinging your door open?

Guy sounds like an idiot - with the means to purchase a new turbo.


Andreas