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Dooring driver sends motorcyclist under truck.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...092#post134299
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...098#post195329
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...884#post190853
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...958#post194817
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...424#post150913

Reaching back into her car, she's like, "Hold on, I gotta grab my phone, my friends won't believe this..."

The driver never even bothered to look for traffic before opening the door and the cyclist must have used up most of his accumulated good luck stars just to survive

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Originally Posted by Frank S

The driver never even bothered to look for traffic before opening the door...

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How can you possibly assume that?

I'd love to know what that yellow suit make and model is, the attached video and a good supply of them could generate some fine sales numbers for sure.

"My cousin Derek got runned over by big red truck and came out the front right after".

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Originally Posted by bob_3000

How can you possibly assume that?

I'd love to know what that yellow suit make and model is, the attached video and a good supply of them could generate some fine sales numbers for sure.

"My cousin Derek got runned over by big red truck and came out the front right after".

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The way I see it if the driver had physically looked out the window, then they could not have helped seeing a cyclist approaching, While it would be possible to not see someone in the side view mirror, good driving habits require to physically turn your head

The truck's driver was very attentive! The motorcyclist was in the "Blind Spot" of the truck.

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Originally Posted by Frank S

good driving habits require to physically turn your head

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And you know the driver didn't do that how?

The motorcyclist put himself in a bad dumb spot, that's what cause the collision, nothing else.

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Originally Posted by bob_3000

And you know the driver didn't do that how?

The motorcyclist put himself in a bad dumb spot, that's what cause the collision, nothing else.

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No argument there, but in those cities where the small motorcycles and scooters can outnumber the cars, car and truck drivers have to be constantly aware of the less than smart things the cyclist will do. at 0:01 and 0:02 you can see the driver appeared to just barely even glance either at her door or her mirror it is hard to tell, as she was opening it, she surely didn't take any time or make any effort to physically look out and to the side or the rear, if she had we would have seen the back of her head as she would have had to lean over near the glass, once the door was open about a foot the handlebar caught it and flung it wide open ejecting the rider. The amazing thing about the whole ordeal was, how quickly the truck driver managed to stop. and how the rider managed to avoid at least having his legs crushed by the front tire, all this within the time frame of the first 3 or 4 seconds

After reading the comments, above, and watching the video a couple of times, it's obvious this thing was entirely the motorcyclist's fault. The woman is in a very wide parallel parking spot, "guarded" by the lane line that's a foot away from her door when it's open. I'm sure they did that on purpose both to protect people getting into and out of their cars and to keep traffic being tied up by parkers. So, there should not have been anyone where her door was, except her entering/exiting her car. Of course, it would have been smart to look back, if she didn't, but that's like saying it's smart to stop at a green light because someone might run the red light.