... say your in a parking lot, and you walk by a car. And someone is getting out of the car. And when they open the car door....
..............................SMACK!
The stupid car door whacks ya in the belly (or crotch, if your tall).
I didn't mean to....
Really.
2006-10-11 08:53:17 · 9 answers · asked by lolwat 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
Your second nameless answerer is telling my story. One day I was riding home on my bicycle (I was 50 yrs old at the time). I always looked carefully at the driver's seat in any cars I was approaching for just that reason. There was a panel truck parked ahead of me and I couldn't see whether or not it was occupied. He opened the door, I slammed into it, sprung it, whacked my head on the frame and fell unconscious in the middle of the road. When I came to, there were a bunch of people standing around just staring. I asked one person to pick up my glasses from the other side of the road before someone ran over them. When I got up, the asshole who opened the door in my face tried to tell me that it was all my fault. Bull! I informed him that state law requires a person driving that kind of vehicle to PHYSICALLY look out of the window prior to opening a door into traffic. (learned that from a car vs car accident my boyfriend had) The frame of my bike was broken and my speech was impaired for a few hours. My eye doctor says my left eye "flips" and I now have a "lazy eye" which I never had before. I did not speak angrily to him, but you bet I was pissed....and still am 15 yrs later! I KNOW I was paying attention, so guess who wasn't!
2006-10-11 09:26:26 · answer #1 · answered by pessimoptimist 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OMG I think I would give him/her a good talking to. LOL I would be mad the person has to watch out when he is opening the door. Plus I would be mad at myself not seeeing that the person was going to open the door but that would come after I thought about. I would immediately get mad.
2006-10-11 16:02:19 · answer #2 · answered by Maccabee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My reaction would depend on my mood, and also the kind of attitude the other person had about it.
If they said "I didn't mean too! Really!", then I would probably say it was OK, and limp off.
If they just looked at me like I was in the way, I'd be like "Thanks alot! Try looking before you get out!"
2006-10-11 16:03:13 · answer #3 · answered by Beck 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that's too funny i think i would be more embarrassed being the one who open the door then the one who got hit. either way i wouldn't be mad or anything no biggie if it was an accident
2006-10-11 16:03:28 · answer #4 · answered by BROWNLYN 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
let it go if it was an accident and the driver was sincere about his apology...or if the driver was a jerk about it, he may come back to find a flat tire or worse.
2006-10-11 16:03:06 · answer #5 · answered by Chuckie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would be mad, that is just being rude and immature. How would you not see someone?
2006-10-11 16:19:17 · answer #6 · answered by kna0831 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good thing they weren't doing 30mph on a bike !!!
2006-10-11 16:02:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
geeze don't you look before you leap...that's just negligence at it's best...look around you before you do anything.
2006-10-11 15:57:25 · answer #8 · answered by Kenneth S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol. yea that would def be awkward!
2006-10-11 16:02:56 · answer #9 · answered by gracin_angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋