The reason cars don't need a dooring law, is because if you fling open your car door into the path of another car, your door breaks off. If you are driving a car and you hit somebody's door, you scratch your paint job. The odds of you breaking a bone are nil. There are no laws against busting up your own car and not hurting anybody else.
<br><br>In addition, cars rarely get screamed at when they take the lane in an effort to avoid getting doored.<br><br><br><br><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>I like the new law except the piece on "dooring." I think that someone<br>who is exiting a car is a pedestrian and should be afforded all the rights<br>of one. As riders or drivers, I think we need to be able to operate our
<br>mode of transportation safely. For years cars have been able to avoid the<br>need for a "dooring" law; call me a traditionalist but I don?t think we<br>need one now.<br><br>Phil<br><br><br><br></blockquote>
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