Cycling in Sydney Australia

Why we don't ride in the door zone

Nice little video demonstrating the distance needed to avoid the door zone (Via Geof at DHBC):

Permalink Reply by PJ on September 1, 2009 at 11:44am: 12 feet is about 3.6 meters from the curb.
Looks about 1.5 meters from the parked car (?); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Pete on September 2, 2009 at 11:35am: Listening to the audio on this makes me nod in agreement, I travel Darling St, Balmain, Lilyfield road and have more recently consistently ridden just outside the white bike Lane line, for 1, better surface and 2 the reasons in the video above; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Michael O' on September 2, 2009 at 11:38am: There's a long "door-opening lane" between Dee Why and Curl Curl, on the beach road, and I always cycle just to the right of the white line, what with all the beachgoers excitedly opening doors, surfers swinging boards and the like.

I've only ever been hassled about it once which has to be a Sydney record!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Boxhead on September 2, 2009 at 9:57pm: Great video. I'm going to be sending that to my non-cycling friends and relos.

I too ride Lilyfield outside the 'bike lane'. I like to think that the council has kindly marked the danger area. If I stay out of it I'll be better off. I try not to take the lane except when passing fat arsed trucks often parked on the west bound route.

But judging by the video I need to be leaving more room. Will have to lobby the council to widen their 'danger zone' markings.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by hartleymartin on September 2, 2009 at 10:29pm: Perhaps this public service advertisement makes it a little more explicit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF8ap5W6Ou4; ▶ Reply to This

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