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Geez. Glad ur ok. Always frightening to hear about incidents!

Sorry to hear about this Ed. Glad you're ok. Hows the bike?

This is a stretch of road where I feel safe and in control. It unnerves me how many people seem to have collisions on it. Must keep myself on my toes.

That may be but it also a very risky section of road where drivers occasionally exceed the speed limit, regular left hook due to the junction on Rookey Road and of course the usual lane changing due to the drivers realising they're in the wrong lane on the junction of Narbonne Avenue and tried to get into the left lane to go Northbound to name but a few fault.

I just remember dodging a car doing that second before the mini hit me.

edit - I feel safe and in control on that section if I'm going at the speed of traffic, which I assumed is what you did?

Christ Ed! That's a wonder you've come away (relatively) scott free there! It is indeed a vile stretch of road though!

Sheeeet. That sucks. I was also knocked off by a delivery van on that road this time last year. People dart into the side roads without looking along that stretch :(

Hope you heal up ok and the bike is relatively unscathed!

Heal up Ed :)

Bad times, Ed. Hope there's no lasting damage (to you or your bike!)

I'm pretty much the picture of health, thank for all your concern, I appreciate it.

Right brake lever is broken, but that as far as I can tell, which sadly, mean a new 105 levers with 10 speed cassette, chain and a carbon fork...

Well done surviving, and being more resilient than a 105 lever.

^^ You should have stuck with bar end shifters Ed.

I have, was pretending that it'll cost more than it is.

^ We are on the public part of the forum Ed.

Don't know how much interest there will be in this but will post anyway...

Last August I got doored while filtering in stopped traffic on Fulham Palace Road. The traffic was at a standstill and while I was traveling down the cycle lane, the passenger door of a van in the line of suddenly opened into my path. Queue hitting inside of door, straight over handlebars, over door and into road. Both myself and the passenger who opened the door were pretty shaken up, police were called by witnesses and I went off to A&E to be checked out.

Doctors thought I may have fractured my radial head, so was in a sling for a week before on review they thought better of it. So in the end I was fine, bike was fine, clearly a lucky miss, and I didn't think much more of it

That was until I got a letter in the post this morning saying that the police had taken the guy to court, fined him £150, and thanked me for "helping [them] try to achieve [their] objectives of reducing the number of killed and seriously injured on London's road".

Have other people had experiences like this? Clearly I was lucky not being seriously hurt, but I can't help to think that it seems harsh as it was an 'accident'. I hadn't pressed for prosecution and if the police hadn't been called by the public then that would have been the end of it.

However, is it a sign that the police are listening to concerns over cyclist safety, and so are coming down hard on those who are a threat?

I hope everyone is as lucky as me and those who are involved in accidents heal up soon.

Stodd

It wasn't an accident, it was recklessness, and it wasn't harsh, it was mild.
hope that helps.

You should check before opening a door as it could well kill someone. It's plain careless not to, the passenger deserved to be fined.

IIRC, dooring is classed as assault in some circumstances, so definitely not too harsh.

I think it just came as a surprise when I opened the letter this morning after not thinking about it for 6 months...

Seems very proactive of the police.

^ We are on the public part of the forum Ed.

I know, good thing it's only the one lever that appear to be damage if the police sided with the driver.

You should check before opening a door as it could well kill someone. It's plain careless not to, the passenger deserved to be fined.

IIRC, dooring is classed as assault in some circumstances, so definitely not too harsh.

All this, it's against the law too.

Cyclists die from getting doored, your case went into the right direction, which more to says than this sad case despite all evidence against the driver.

this sad case despite all evidence against the driver.

Such a shame. RIP

FYI the offence the passenger was charged with in my case was "open door to danger" as listed in this blog

Ed. heal fully and fast.

The Police are playing a numbers game. This was a relatively easy case to win, so they pursued it.

All this, it's against the law too.

Cyclists die from getting doored, your case went into the right direction, which more to says than this sad case despite all evidence against the driver.

Cyclists die after dooring; I have treated such a cyclist. Dooring offences should be vigorously prosecuted but this seldom happens.
The chap who died in the case cited above was the grandson of the cab driver who featured in the BBC 'War on Britain's Roads documentary.

Such a shame. RIP

FYI the offence the passenger was charged with in my case was "open door to danger" as listed in this blog

Interesting information in that blog.
I've always believed that in a 'dooring' it would be the driver of the vehicle* who would be responsible even if it was their passenger that opened the door.

*any vehicle which is *on a road *and which has a door