The fact that there are so many vehicles on the road, of varying size, shape and behavior means that accidents are bound to happen. For instance, drivers of regular passenger cars who have not tried guiding a motorized two-wheeled vehicle through traffic often don’t pay as much attention as they should to their fellow road users.
Take this incident from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. One quick glance in the mirror could have avoided it, and yet the driver of the white VW Scirocco clearly didn’t take the second necessary to get it over with. He or she opens the generously proportioned door of the Golf-based coupe, blocking a fairly wide part of the lane, and the path of an oncoming motorcyclist who catches a bit of unexpected air time.
It wasn’t too severe a crash, though, and the rider definitely didn’t suffer life-threatening injuries as a result of it. The moral is simple here: always check to see nothing is coming, before you get out of the car that you have parallel-parked on a busy road, and you’re about to exit on the traffic side.
By Andrei Nedelea
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