doored

Getting doored – when a car door unexpectedly flings open and you crash into it – is one of the most underestimated dangers to cyclists. While some cars have exit warnings to protect cyclists, next-gen cars from Volkswagen and Ford attempts to push that technology a bit further. Getting doored is dangerous business for cyclists, especially in dense urban areas where cyclists ride next to parked cars, or use bike lanes adjacent to parked cars. As a decades-long cyclist in large cities, I can attest…