Chicago Lyft Passenger Opens Door in Bike Lane
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You can make absolutely no meaning of a public radio silence during civil proceedings.
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Unless you have an ox to gore. Then, gore away.
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But on two way roads like here, no.
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Thanks for the fact checking, like2bike…
I started this thread, so I feel obligated to participate, but I thought the story had died. “Swept under the rug” as the saying goes…
I have very little confidence that we’ll see a favorable resolution to this situation.
I kinda think the cyclist was going too fast, and it also would have been better if the driver had went into the bike lane and blocked it, and the cyclist should have passed on the left.
It’s messed up because it’s Chicago town and it’s backwards, because here in New York the bike lanes are on the left side of the street, so it’s easier to make eye contact with the driver.
I started this thread, so I feel obligated to participate, but I thought the story had died. “Swept under the rug” as the saying goes…
I have very little confidence that we’ll see a favorable resolution to this situation.
I kinda think the cyclist was going too fast, and it also would have been better if the driver had went into the bike lane and blocked it, and the cyclist should have passed on the left.
It’s messed up because it’s Chicago town and it’s backwards, because here in New York the bike lanes are on the left side of the street, so it’s easier to make eye contact with the driver.
If there was a Lyft vehicle/driver involved I would have thought it wouldn't be that difficult to get it and the driver identified for legal purposes. This lawyer keeping such information a secret? Not a chance!
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In the the meanwhile, in the absence of evidence of any followup from any source, it does appear that this "shocking" incident of "bad driving" by a Lyft driver has faded away after it turned out to be not as proclaimed in the initial press releases.
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You want me to be less cryptic? You don't know what you are talking about. At all.
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I never forgot that fact, you must have me confused with another poster who chooses to ignore the obvious for reasons best known to him. I thought the scare quotes would have indicated that, but perhaps I was being a little too cryptic.
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I have an unnatural feel of being "doored", my daughter bought me this shirt.
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My riding tenets for the last 50+ years of road riding. These were developed through trial and error, mistakes, crashes and observations:
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- NEVER trust a stopped car with a driver.
- Never pass a stopped car on the right, bike lane or no bike lane, without slowing down first and anticipate and be ready for the worst.
- Never pass a parked car with a driver unless I have at least 3 feet.
- Never try to turn right on red with a vehicle trying to do the same. Eventually I will lose.
- Never run a red light unless there is no traffic and no cars. Eventually I will lose.
- Never run a stop sign unless there is no traffic and no cars. (Man, I have seen some gnarly stuff at stop signs)
- Never flip-off a car driver, ever. Eventually I will lose.
- Never believe that a driver sees you even if they are looking right at you. My bike and I are invisible.
- Never just "follow the pack" across a street or an intersection. I am not a lemming, I am a human so look both ways first, dummy.
- Always ride in single file unless it is not safe to do so.
- Never, and I do mean never take my eyes of the road ahead of me. And, never stop focusing on what my tire is about to run across.
- Never trust my bike if I worked on it after the last ride. Check everything I worked on again to make sure everything is tight.
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- Never ride fast into low visibility conditions: glare, blind corner, blind crossings, sudden light/dark changes like tunnels, etc.
- When the sun is low on the horizon, my shadow points at people who can’t see me. At times that can require getting off the road completely until the sun sets or rises enough.
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- Never ride against the traffic
- Never ride without a helmet
- Never ride without your lights on
Can't believe I have to say the first one, I wonder how many people here will disagree.