Analyzing 2011 SoCal cycling fatalities: Los Angeles — and door zones — may be safer than you think

Interesting discussion at the link below. I'll pass this on without comment as I just found it while fishing (trolling has other meanings these days) for something else. I think its worth reading and then let the fur fly. We base a lot of decisions on reading other people's critiques and simply by looking at a design and seeing its obvious faults. But that isn't the end of the story.

Analyzing 2011 SoCal cycling fatalities: Los Angeles — and door zones — may be safer than you think

"...these stats show just the opposite. You are far more likely to be killed in a hit-from-behind collision or at an intersection than you are by getting doored. And yet, the solution we’re invariably taught is to ride in the traffic lane, directly in front of traffic coming up from behind. Maybe that’s because so many cyclists are heeding that advice and avoiding the door zone, while placing themselves at greater risk of getting hit from behind...."