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Look Chicago!

Dedicated to promoting awareness and educating the City of Chicago to the dangers of car doors.  Cyclists, drivers, tourists, children and pedestrians all play a part in making our city streets safe against Dooring crashes.  Our mission is reaching out to everyone to prevent Dooring crashes and fatalities.

Location: Chicago
Members: 43
Latest Activity: May 18, 2014

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Will LOOK Chicago come to Evanston for a big street event? 5 Replies

On Sunday, September 1st, my group Walk 'n' Roll is planning an exciting event we're calling Shared Streets. We will use two open blocks…Continue

Started by Natalie Watson. Last reply by Natalie Watson Aug 14, 2013.

Wins & Success 4 Replies

Let's share our good news between meetings here.

Started by KatieP. Last reply by Thunder Snow Jun 14, 2013.

Great Anti Dooring Material 5 Replies

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Started by Aaron Bussey. Last reply by Thunder Snow Mar 15, 2013.

Dooring Crash Informational Material 1 Reply

Hey all,We talked about this at our first meeting, but I dont remember what the responses were.  Does anyone have a contact for where we can get our hands on some literature?I would like to organize…Continue

Started by Aaron Bussey. Last reply by Brendan Kevenides Feb 25, 2013.

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Comment by KatieP on November 25, 2012 at 7:18pm

Epic find, Bedno!

Comment by KatieP on November 25, 2012 at 7:18pm

A bit delayed, but here it is! Our last meeting notes: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0UysX1wq-AyMlBXTE5NSmlqZVU

Of particular importance is the subgroup work by January 5th.

Comment by Andrew Bedno on November 20, 2012 at 11:22pm

I thought it was noteworthy (shows popular awareness) that in the recent Family Guy episode (#199 s11e4 2012.11.11 "Yug Ylimaf"), the epic chicken battle (backwards due to Stewie's time machine) begins (ends) with a dooring (10:16-11:40)
http://hulu.com/watch/423784

Comment by Aaron Bussey on November 20, 2012 at 9:48am

I think Brendan did say that it is the law to look, since if you cause an accident with your door you are at fault - ergo you didnt 'Look'.

I am going to post the survey today with the 'its the law' as a apart of it.

Comment by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on November 20, 2012 at 9:47am

No word back from two people in NYC I asked about the NYC DOT decal. Will follow up.

Comment by Laura C on November 20, 2012 at 9:43am

Hey group - did we ever come to a decision on whether or not "it's the law" should be included?  I'm still on the fence about it - especially since it's technically not the law to look.  I really think the slogan should be short and sweet so it's easy to remember.

Comment by Thunder Snow on November 19, 2012 at 4:31pm

I haven't approached Jesse White's office yet, as I'm not sure yet what we need from him (inclusion in Motorist's Rules of the Road, ditto for Bicycle Rules of the Road, allow us to put posters and/or flyers at driver's license facilities, etc.).  I went online and found there is a reference to dooring in the Motorist Rules, which surprised me as I thought dooring was a Chicago statute, not state.  I'll dig deeper when I have more time.  I'll also check in with Evanston to see if we can piggyback efforts with Chicago (though Chicago-specific laws on our flyers might be a problem there.)

Comment by Aaron Bussey on November 19, 2012 at 1:58pm

Thanks!

Comment by Laura C on November 19, 2012 at 1:56pm

6. Save Lives, Look Before You Drive 

Comment by Aaron Bussey on November 19, 2012 at 1:53pm
  1. Look for cyclists
  2. See more, look before you door
  3. Look, doors kill
  4. Dont come to a dead stop, ride out of the door zone
  5. Look for cyclists, its the law
  6. What was six?
 

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