Originally Posted by
livedarklions
If we decide that particular rider was careless, so what? You really think we learned anything from that?
It's exactly the fact that the rideshare issues are pretty much common to all US cities that makes it worth talking about. Maybe it makes no difference in Chicago, but why it wouldn't work is a hell of a lot more interesting topic than "is that guy going 15 mph or 18?"
Several of us came to the independent conclusion that the accident could have been avoided had the cyclist slowed down when the vehicle stopped, and not tried to through a door zone buffer.
Both ride shares and bike shares present unique issues, and this event appears to be bike share (or e-bike share) meets ride share.
If it had been a bright yellow taxi, would the cyclist have chosen to cut curbside?
Earlier in the thread, I had suggested looking for better ways to mark ride share vehicles, although I can't think of anything that would be failsafe other than painting them bright yellow with little black checkers.
Perhaps a brightly colored rear hatch magnetic sign?
Flashing lights? Magnetic roof placard?