Legal Issues
Most areas have laws that require car users to check for bicyclists before opening the door of their vehicle, but there still have been a number of injuries and deaths caused by drivers carelessly opening their doors when a cyclist is passing by without regard for the presence of bicycles, and such laws are very difficult to enforce.
Although many areas have laws that apparently require cyclists to ride in bike lanes or near the outside edge of the road, these laws typically have many exceptions, avoiding hazards is usually among them, and compromising safety is implicitly never legally required.
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