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9-5-18 Fatal Crash Scene Video: Cyclist/open car door incident Arlington Hts.

Update:

Glenn Richmond, 63, has died from his injuries.  R.I.P. +

http://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2018/09/bicyclist-crashes-with-ope...

(3:22) Crash investigation scene video from arlingtoncardinal.com

A 63 year-old Arlington Heights cyclist was critically injured in an incident with a car door left opened into traffic. 

Most media accounts of this incident give the account of the driver in the crash.

Take a fair look at any media account and then form your own opinion. 

The Illinois Vehicle Code states:

"No person shall open the door of a vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers."

+  Rest in Peace  Glenn  ♡

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The Tribune no longer allows comments, and I can't find this story on their Facebook page.  I'd like to see public comments, I think there would be more focus on the no-helmet than on the motorist opening, and keeping open the door for unloading.

When I watched the crash scene video (excellent work by the Arlington Cardinal) and read the words of the neighbor witness I noticed that there was a moving truck (2 men & a truck moving co.) in the residential driveway. With the male driver near the curb loading things into his car (moving out/in?) on the traffic street side, not the curb side. The neighbor witness said the cyclist looked over his shoulder at traffic and then HE crashed into the car door.

I get the feeling that this healthy 'mature' cyclist was moving along at a normal speed, doing his normal thing, he'd seen the typical driver open door behavior and perhaps anticipated the driver was getting in the car next, perhaps there was also oncoming traffic and kept his line and the door was still open where he had no margin for error (which every cyclist needs to have) and then the crash. It still is the fault of the driver. See Illinois Vehicle Code above. 

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