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here's a quick sketch of the situation i have to negotiate which prompted my letter.
if i ride out of the door zone on the off side i'm faced with oncoming traffic, which is also trying to overtake other badly parked cars, and often queuing to turn right across the lane into the road next to the school (not drawn)
if i filter on the near side, there is quite often a long queue of slow moving traffic, and this is where i've almost been taken out by kids getting out on the pavement side from cars that have stopped in traffic without pulling over to the kerb.
i've never been doored because i'm aware of it, and as a pretty competent / experienced cyclist i know to ride cautiously in these situations, but a lot of the kids riding to the school likely don't have that knowledge.
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