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> that lane has been placed by an idiot. It's on the wrong side of the car. No, it's on the right (i.e. correct) side of the car - drivers are trained to look
by rob74 4y ago
> that lane has been placed by an idiot. It's on the wrong side of the car.
No, it's on the right (i.e. correct) side of the car - drivers are trained to look into the side mirror before opening the door, passengers not (and even if they were, they can't use the mirror on their side).
- schoen 4y agoThere are now some protected bike lanes in which parked cars provide part of the protection (!), but you need a lot of space in order to construct one without having the passenger-side door zone overlapping the protected lane. It's pretty nice as a cyclist, in the minority of cases where there was enough space to do it this way. I suspect it may have required eliminating an entire traffic lane in some places!
- Symbiote 4y agoPassengers in Denmark are trained to look before opening the door (by parents, usually), and it's the drivers responsibility if the passenger isn't capable of that. A taxi driver will often remind you at the end of the journey, if you're obviously foreign. (And you have forgotten passengers in the back seats.)