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I do find the now deleted paragraph wordy and awkward and suggest the following replacement:

As bicyclists cannot rely on motor vehicle occupants to use required caution on exiting, bicyclists are advised to avoid the door zone of stopped or parked vehicles.

with one or more of these cites:

https://www.bicycling.com/rides/g20039791/dont-get-doored-how-to-ride-safely-around-parked-cars/https://activetrans.org/resources/bike-to-work/avoid-the-door-zoneMcha6677 (talk) 03:31, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

https://www.bicyclelaw.com/road-rights-avoid-the-door-zone/

https://www.bicyclelaw.com/road-rights-avoid-the-door-zone/

What do you think?

Rationale:

Whether the section implies victim blaming or whether victim blaming is "laughable" should not be the concern here. The advice that bicyclists avoid the door zone is well established as does not imply victim blaming but rather avoidance of becoming injured or killed.

Door zone avoidance by active transport users is the primary if not the only universally available means of reliable dooring prevention. Therefore it seems appropriate that the opening summary of Dooring include this recognition. This does not preclude assigning blame to the actual perpetrators, which is made clear in the opening section.

Mcha6677 (talk) 03:31, 6 April 2021 (UTC)mcha6677