3 days off and only 5 affirmative RSVPs? You guys OK?
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If you haven't been there before . . . you have to see it. I absolutely loooove what they did with the interior.
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I'm afraid of people who wear those green deely-bopper headbands with the glittery shamrocks on them.
Cameron--you can try, but you can't escape them tonight.
Meanwhile, I really want the cornbeef hash at Revolution. I tried a bite of someone's last night and it was exceptional.
Sorry to hear it! Hope he heals up soon.
Any recourse against the taxi? Guessing you know it's illegal for a taxi door to be opened into traffic.
Thanks for the well wishes, H3N3.
The taxi suddenly stopped in the roadway ahead of him and the passenger just swung open their door. Rob was cycling in the dedicated bike lane- of course, the door clipped him. I am not sure if the bike lane is considered the "traffic side" but I don't think taxis are supposed to just stop in the middle of the road to let the passengers off right into the bike lane path. Anyway, it's late, we're both tired, and we're going to see what to do about it all in the morning. His bike looks pretty torn up, but we haven't gone over it yet to assess how bad it is damaged. The police weren't all that sympathetic, which was upsetting, but not really surprising. The police said they would let the insurance company handle figuring out who was in the wrong.
H3N3 said:
Sorry to hear it! Hope he heals up soon.
Any recourse against the taxi? Guessing you know it's illegal for a taxi door to be opened into traffic.
Thanks for the well wishes, H3N3.
The taxi suddenly stopped in the roadway ahead of him and the passenger just swung open their door. Rob was cycling in the dedicated bike lane- of course, the door clipped him. I am not sure if the bike lane is considered the "traffic side" but I don't think taxis are supposed to just stop in the middle of the road to let the passengers off right into the bike lane path. Anyway, it's late, we're both tired, and we're going to see what to do about it all in the morning. His bike looks pretty torn up, but we haven't gone over it yet to assess how bad it is damaged. The police weren't all that sympathetic, which was upsetting, but not really surprising. The police said they would let the insurance company handle figuring out who was in the wrong.
H3N3 said:Sorry to hear it! Hope he heals up soon.
Any recourse against the taxi? Guessing you know it's illegal for a taxi door to be opened into traffic.
Thanks Anne- I will have Rob fill out the information when he feels a bit better- I didn't even know that existed.
We have a police report, that much was done, and the name of the taxi driver and insurance company. The sad thing is, the driver of the taxi said nothing and did nothing to help (maybe for legal reasons?) The passengers were clueless as well, but at least they had enough sense to ask if Rob was okay and if he needed an ambulance- which he did- and they called 9-1-1, but it seems the passengers took off after calling. The cops didn't get the names of the passengers and didn't get the names of any other witnesses. Well, if anyone was cruising down Lincoln between Altgeld & Fullerton last night around 7:00 - 7:30 p.m., and may have seen anything like a tall guy on a road bike get doored by a taxi, we would love for you to contact us.
Oh, and both of us are really sad we didn't get to make it to the Chainlink night- we were really looking forward to meeting fellow Chainlinkers in person! I hope everyone had a great time and we will be there next time (barring unforeseen events of course).
Anne Alt said:
Sorry to hear it. Taxis are supposed to pull out of traffic when letting passengers out. I hope that you got identifying info about the taxi and driver so you can file a complaint with the city. It's very disappointing that the police did not write a ticket for this incident.
Melanie said:
Thanks for the well wishes, H3N3.
The taxi suddenly stopped in the roadway ahead of him and the passenger just swung open their door. Rob was cycling in the dedicated bike lane- of course, the door clipped him. I am not sure if the bike lane is considered the "traffic side" but I don't think taxis are supposed to just stop in the middle of the road to let the passengers off right into the bike lane path. Anyway, it's late, we're both tired, and we're going to see what to do about it all in the morning. His bike looks pretty torn up, but we haven't gone over it yet to assess how bad it is damaged. The police weren't all that sympathetic, which was upsetting, but not really surprising. The police said they would let the insurance company handle figuring out who was in the wrong.
H3N3 said:Sorry to hear it! Hope he heals up soon.
Any recourse against the taxi? Guessing you know it's illegal for a taxi door to be opened into traffic.
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