On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:40:34 GMT, Periander 
wrote:

>%steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote in
>news:1ijmqdc.o45wv71p5469sN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk: 
>
>> Danny Colyer  wrote:
>> 
>>> On 05/07/2008 22:57, Steve Firth wrote:
>>> > If I'm driving a car and someone opens a door and I drive into it,
>>> > the accident is my fault, not the fault of the person opening the
>>> > door. 
>>> 
>>> And what about HC rule 239?
>>> "You MUST ensure you do not hit anyone when you open your door. 
>>> Check for cyclists or other traffic".
>>> 
>>> > Quite why cyclists believe that the responsibility should go the
>>> > other way is beyond me.
>>> 
>>> Perhaps reading the HC would help you.
>> 
>> Perhaps getting a clue would help you. The prohibition in the HC is on
>> opening the door and hitting someone or something with the door. If
>> the door has been opened and someone rides or drives into it then they
>> are in the wrong.
>> 
>> The stupidity of cyclists seems to be without limit. Perhaps they
>> should be made to sit a test before being allowed on the roads?
>> 
>
>Actually much as I like to laugh when a cyclist gets taken out as the
>result of his own folly (especially if there's blood, broken bones and a
>wrecked cycle) there is actually an offence of "Opening a door to the
>danger of road users". Don't ask me to quote act and section it's to
>late and I can't be arsed but it's there none the less. 

Yes, it is regulation 105 of the Construction & Use regulations.
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