Doors
Hey motorists. Please be considerate and think of where you are swinging that thing. All I’m asking is look in your mirror before you place that wall of metal across the bicycle lane. Would you do that in a car lane? Probably not. I’m getting tired of skidding and swerving into traffic to avoid your bad habits. I think there is some type of law concerning looking in your mirrors to make sure the coast is clear before opening doors, turning into lots, parking spaces, etc. This morning was especially bad when I was cut off by a vehicle that just passed me. When you passed me going 25 and saw that I was going in the same direction at about 15mph on your right in the bike lane and then proceeded to turn (right) in front of me, what do you think was going to happen? I would magically disappear? I think you need to retake the driving test where more than an empty parking lot is involved. How about the City of Cambridge truck that opened its passenger side door while stopped in the car lane, opening the door into the bike lane? Where was I supposed to swerve to miss you? Somehow the driver saw me, yelled a quick “bike!” and yet you (the passenger) still didn’t do anything but stare at me with your door still wide open. Good thing there wasn’t a car parked in the parking spot at the curb or I might have been writing this from a hospital bed.
No wonder why people just think the car is the only way to go out there. Just get in a fender bender and write it off. Send it to the insurance agency that you pay 200 bucks a month for, trade it in if its really bad and just get a new one. I can’t just replace my head anytime someone opens their door too wide, so please just look where you are swinging that hunk of metal. I don’t have an front and side air bags and I don’t think that helmet air bag thingy for the person too cool to wear a helmet is going to save my life either.
The weather is nice. Go play outside.





