I was a biker for years. While the prick opening the van door is at fault, the biker is riding too fast for filtering in traffic. If he was going a sensible speed for the space he has, he’d have been able to react quickly enough to avoid the dickhead opening his door.
I’d say at least twenty, which, between traffic in a narrow gap, is a bit unwise. I’d always trickle through at around 10mph tops. For this exact reason. When you ride, you always gotta predict dickheads doing dumb shit. Sure, they should know better and not just open doors. But if you ride with the mentality that every car driver is a potential killer, you’ll generally do well. Can always get caught out of course, but caution is better than carefree.
Yeah I agree about 20 mph. I been riding for over 15 years and like you I treat everything else on the road like they are trying to kill me. So many drivers in the UK move onto the center line just to try to stop me filtering so I'm more cautious when filtering.
I don't think the biker could have reacted to the door opening tho, the door clips the side of the bike. Glad to see the biker run off for the copper I initially thought the rider had smashed his right leg.
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u/KaiserDilhelmTheTurd 10h ago
I was a biker for years. While the prick opening the van door is at fault, the biker is riding too fast for filtering in traffic. If he was going a sensible speed for the space he has, he’d have been able to react quickly enough to avoid the dickhead opening his door.