Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
No data, as well as cherry picked data or manipulated data does not stop various self styled bicycling safety experts of the effective/vehicular persuasion from making up conclusions that suit their take- the-lane mantra. This has been a near universal technique for some of these "safety experts" and their acolytes for the last 45+ years.
Hence posted on BF as it were a fact written in stone -"you have a LOT LESS chance of being rear ended in the traffic lane than you do of being hit and deflected into that traffic lane after an opening door hits you."
Nothing here is "written in stone".
The "as it were a fact" is your interpretation.
If it was a high speed road (45+ mph), the risk of not riding in the door zone would likely be higher.
Is riding in the door-zone in the particular street in the OP a good choice?