what are your laws regarding this in victoria?

[*mrgrizz*]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/03/18/17/36/female-cyclist-struck-by-taxi-door-in-melbourne

[ca04]

The cyclist needs to engage the brain a bit.The door of the taxi was opening while the cyclist was passing the car behind the taxi.

[freakiness]

As it's a bike lane and the taxi was waiting for lights to change the passenger should not have opened the door.

[lloydslights]

It doesn't look wide enough to be a bike lane to me; more like road marking to denote no stopping / parking by vehicles.  

I rather think that the bike rider was disobeying the road rules by "undertaking".

DEB

[punch*drunk]

Looks like a gutter to me, not a bike lane. Taxi probably should have at least indicated to signal it was stopping before anybody got out. Would have been pretty hard to see the cyclists though.

[languidlady49]

normal brain reaction, oh look a taxi is stopping, nobody is waiting therefore someone is probably getting out, watch out for door.

arrogant I own the road 'cos I've got a push bike brain reaction, I own the road push on, I'm in the right push on etc. etc.

[i-need-a-martini]

I didn't realise that Victoria had an Anti-Dooring Law? I can't find any reference to it. But either way, a law like that is usually connected to laws regarding bike line. And it is hard to tell if that white line denotes a cycle way or if it simply a 'no stopping' indicator.

I'm not sure of the road rules in Victoria, but if it denotes a bike lane then absolutely the door opening was illegal.

In Sydney, the bike lanes are painted green so you can see them clearly.

[punch*drunk]

I rarely (never) drive in the city, but all the bike lanes I have seen elsewhere have pictures of bikes painted on them at regular intervals.

Would seem silly to have a bike lane without clearly marking that it is one.

[freakiness]

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@languidlady49 wrote:

normal brain reaction, oh look a taxi is stopping, nobody is waiting therefore someone is probably getting out, watch out for door.

arrogant I own the road 'cos I've got a push bike brain reaction, I own the road push on, I'm in the right push on etc. etc.

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The taxi didn't use indicator to pull up in the NO STANDING zone to let passengers out. He stopped for the lights, as did the cars in front and behind.  

[the_hawk*]

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@freakiness wrote:

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@languidlady49 wrote:

normal brain reaction, oh look a taxi is stopping, nobody is waiting therefore someone is probably getting out, watch out for door.

arrogant I own the road 'cos I've got a push bike brain reaction, I own the road push on, I'm in the right push on etc. etc.

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The taxi didn't use indicator to pull up in the NO STANDING zone to let passengers out. He stopped for the lights, as did the cars in front and behind.  

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Then the pasenger is in trouble, it is an offence to open a car door unless parked, and being stationary in traffic doesnt qualify as being parked.

There was a case here many years ago where a pasenger that was getting out at a set of traffic lights and took a rider out and they sued the pasenger as it was not considered as part of operating the vechical so the CTP didnt cover it.