Our bike shop Santa Fe Springs is running a series of blogs exposing the top ten situations that cause bike wrecks, drawing from Bicyclesafe.com. The #2 most common bike wreck? The Door Prize
A driver opens his door right in front of you. If you don't have time to stop, you'll slam into it.
This kind of crash is more common than you might think: It's the second-most common car-bike crash in Toronto,and the #1 crash Santa Barbara. Bicyclesafe.com has made a list of cyclists killed by running into open car doors.
How to avoid this wreck:
Ride to the left! Ride far
enough to the left that you won't run into any door that's opened
unexpectedly. Riding to the left will help you avoid several of the top wrecks.
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