https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports daily 1.0 2022-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1599197910099-A0SECQ3RQOQFE1MGNGTK/yourcardoorisadeathtrap.png Reports https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/bridge-looks-hl7n6 monthly 0.5 2020-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1596180066045-LPJ8LY558DPE1WHD32BD/Picture%252B3.jpg Reports - Police issue $10 citation to cyclist Linda Willsey who was hit by a car door and rushed to the emergency room with multiple contusions and a fractured vertebra https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/street-scenes-mc2dz monthly 0.5 2020-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1595223598999-E4K9X4QONPFBR0LD4HIN/door-zone-1.sized.gif Reports - 57-year-old cyclist in Toronto hits a car door and flies off his bike before landing on the roadway where he was struck and killed by a Ford cube van. https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/v0hrvftow3hvilwe84if1eym7slkol-cghcn monthly 0.5 2020-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1595224797733-2LF0KFT76RLEPPR1OSBQ/door-prize.gif Reports - Advice on how to avoid being doored Excerpted from: How not to get hit by cars written by Michael Bluejay on bicycle safe.com https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/open-car-door-kills-bicyclist-marcus-ewing-27-cycling-advocacy-group-says-this-is-all-too-common monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1595226763690-NYZ7KSR15ORVPMA3FG0P/alg-biker-killed-jpg.jpg Reports - Open car door kills Manhatten bicyclist Marcus Ewing, 27, cycling advocacy group says this is all too common The fatal crash scene where bicyclist Marcus Ewing was killed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1599027929725-JD8Z5P3804WXZ5ZW3MX7/Marcus_Ewing.png Reports - Open car door kills Manhatten bicyclist Marcus Ewing, 27, cycling advocacy group says this is all too common Marcus Ewing https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/bicyclist-killed-by-semitrailer-while-swerving-to-avoid-car-door monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1595742622853-CA0KHE6HLKLEF6MO7OUO/neilltownsend.jpeg Reports - Chicago bicyclist Neill Townsend, 32, killed by semitrailer while swerving to avoid a white Nissan Altima car door at 9:00am in the morning Neill Townsend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1595225989512-UIX1BJYX0S6VOR60A53H/chi-bicyclist-death-20121005.jpg Reports - Chicago bicyclist Neill Townsend, 32, killed by semitrailer while swerving to avoid a white Nissan Altima car door at 9:00am in the morning Photo: Alex Garcia, Chicago Tribune https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/sexlx23xjd009r55g4oi7x7bp04ewa monthly 0.5 2020-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1600760250594-NHU7S0PEZBWPFJW2E27O/Screen+Shot+2020-09-22+at+12.36.41+AM.png Reports - Woodbury cyclist killed in Woodbury Heights accident after striking an open door while the vehicle owner was partially sitting in the truck The area near where George E Schilling Jr. died after striking an open car door https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/bicyclist-dies-in-collision-with-ac-transit-bus monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1595565391842-UNMWR6AOY74PO87HXBUG/20100520_095723_oakland_bike_al-e1475525633924.jpg Reports - Oakland Bicyclist dies in collision with AC Transit bus after having been aboard the same bus he was hit by moments before the accident. KGO photo https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/30-year-old-cyclist-killed-in-sf-collision-after-someone-opened-a-car-door monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1595739863716-F7XBW31UTK25GLNVOW3M/940x0.jpg Reports - As more people turn to cycling amidst the pandemic 30-year-old Devlin O’Connor killed in San Francisco collision after someone opened a car door without looking SF Chronicle Graphics, Nextzen, OpenStreetMap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1595740365047-3J5LKAFYD1OIVWDB85CZ/delvino%27connor.jpeg Reports - As more people turn to cycling amidst the pandemic 30-year-old Devlin O’Connor killed in San Francisco collision after someone opened a car door without looking - Coworkers set up a gofundme site for Devlins wife & family Devlin O’Conner memorial fund https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/first-person-ricky-ross-los-angeles-california monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1600758798527-1U3X2C37BBALE0AXMRTY/FIRST%2BHAND%2BACCOUNT.png Reports - FHA: Ricky Ross, A car ran over my right foot and part of my lower leg, I watched it happen from street level; it ripped my sneaker right off. https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/fha-anonymous-cyclist-from-oxford-brookes-university-england monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1599029792059-G7UQ55UC6SDZNIP7FHVO/FIRST+HAND+ACCOUNT.png Reports - <strong><em>FHA: </em>Getting doored... it finally happened. I h</strong>ad my first and only experience of being doored today. https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/from-darren-rosebrugh-newton-ma-usa monthly 0.5 2020-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1596178472530-QM6ODUL6QFQ6Q4FQDZ0Q/IMG_7901_e.jpg Reports - I just wanted to applaud Toronto's use of stickers on the rear passenger windows that warn Taxi passengers to look for cyclists before opening the door. image: www.bricoleurbanism.org https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/brooklyn-cyclist-jasmine-herron-killed-when-krystal-francis-opened-her-car-door-without-looking-and-then-fled-the-scene monthly 0.5 2020-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1595744743801-XTK3N87188I1A2DPNHMK/jasmineherron.jpg Reports - Brooklyn cyclist Jasmine Herron killed when Krystal Francis opened the door of her Dodge Stratus pushing her into the path of an oncoming bus and then fled the scene Photo by Paul Martinka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1595745409823-CF4LTCBKH2P6RQ8ODGHM/33_40_newghostbike01_z.jpg Reports - Brooklyn cyclist Jasmine Herron killed when Krystal Francis opened the door of her Dodge Stratus pushing her into the path of an oncoming bus and then fled the scene Jasmine Herron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1595746355196-9DNTIDIH9XGKYIE9ILPN/33_40_newghostbike02_z.jpg Reports - Brooklyn cyclist Jasmine Herron killed when Krystal Francis opened the door of her Dodge Stratus pushing her into the path of an oncoming bus and then fled the scene https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/calcutta-bookstore-employee-suman-ghosh-38-cycling-at-a-moderate-speed-mowed-down-by-a-bus-after-hitting-a-car-door-and-being-flung-of-his-bicycle monthly 0.5 2020-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1600755455100-A8ZVO1UZ0G7D47E0IAXZ/m-r-bangur-hospital.jpg Reports - Calcutta bookstore employee Suman Ghosh, 38, cycling at a moderate speed, mowed down by a bus after ramming a car door and being flung off his bicycle. The hospital where Suman Gosh was pronounced dead on arrival https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/dana-laird monthly 0.5 2020-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1600757782325-IXDB0UC3XNN4XNQBV8LY/P7020009.jpg Reports - Cambridge cyclist Dana Laird, riding in the bike lane, doored then crushed by the rear tire of an MBTA bus while on her way to meet friends and catch a Red Sox game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1600757782592-QQJTET7LVSAG0KYA6KZ4/P7020015.jpg Reports - Cambridge cyclist Dana Laird, riding in the bike lane, doored then crushed by the rear tire of an MBTA bus while on her way to meet friends and catch a Red Sox game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1600757785619-4D5EBSOU9Y6O79743HQD/P7020018.jpg Reports - Cambridge cyclist Dana Laird, riding in the bike lane, doored then crushed by the rear tire of an MBTA bus while on her way to meet friends and catch a Red Sox game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1600757780015-S3AJ3MCV3AKF824TM04A/P7020001.jpg Reports - Cambridge cyclist Dana Laird, riding in the bike lane, doored then crushed by the rear tire of an MBTA bus while on her way to meet friends and catch a Red Sox game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1600757789970-CMRJBED5ANNP4LNI75YR/P7020033.jpg Reports - Cambridge cyclist Dana Laird, riding in the bike lane, doored then crushed by the rear tire of an MBTA bus while on her way to meet friends and catch a Red Sox game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1600757780194-JTATPPF9BQIS0CK53JI8/P7020003.jpg Reports - Cambridge cyclist Dana Laird, riding in the bike lane, doored then crushed by the rear tire of an MBTA bus while on her way to meet friends and catch a Red Sox game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1600757785968-AL2JV2Z9DDWT166WSJ41/P7020023.jpg Reports - Cambridge cyclist Dana Laird, riding in the bike lane, doored then crushed by the rear tire of an MBTA bus while on her way to meet friends and catch a Red Sox game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1600757787787-6CY01FC0GAYI1OGXWK3D/P7020027.jpg Reports - Cambridge cyclist Dana Laird, riding in the bike lane, doored then crushed by the rear tire of an MBTA bus while on her way to meet friends and catch a Red Sox game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1600757788630-31UGMANWC3ZHDW5NXHV8/P7020032.jpg Reports - Cambridge cyclist Dana Laird, riding in the bike lane, doored then crushed by the rear tire of an MBTA bus while on her way to meet friends and catch a Red Sox game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1600757790677-6BVUU6XOW0UQF44KQIWP/P7020035.jpg Reports - Cambridge cyclist Dana Laird, riding in the bike lane, doored then crushed by the rear tire of an MBTA bus while on her way to meet friends and catch a Red Sox game https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/fha-ted-greenwald-san-francisco monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1599029912882-Y4YF9IJ7F8TMTSHN4KBX/FIRST+HAND+ACCOUNT.png Reports - FHA: Ted Greenwald, San Francisco “I thought my wrist was sprained, but it turned out that I had broken my left scaphoid” https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/safety-of-portsmouth-bike-lanes-debated-after-veteran-cyclist-dan-oneill-who-routinely-bikes-150-miles-in-a-day-is-doored monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1599026216032-NRZK17Q04T3XBQGOK7FN/Screen+Shot+2020-09-01+at+10.30.42+PM.png Reports - Safety of Portsmouth bike lanes debated after veteran cyclist Dan O'Neill, who routinely bikes 150 miles in a day is doored suffering facial injuries A sign on Market street near Nobles Island in Portsmouth, cautions motorists to look when opening their doors into the bike lanes. (Rich Beauchesne/Seacoastonline) https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/em-samolewicz-was-a-gentle-spirit-killed-while-bicycling monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1599031812333-5MFN1E44MSZYSHR39GMN/Em_samolewicz.png Reports - Beloved yoga instructor Em Samolewicz, was a gentle spirit killed while bicycling just a few blocks from her home Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/fha-fred-pipes-nearly-doored-on-the-london-road-by-a-bin-lorry monthly 0.5 2020-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1600759103990-IWZZ9QY1WBGFZ2KRVXYY/FIRST%2BHAND%2BACCOUNT.png Reports - FHA— Fred Pipes nearly doored on the London road by a bin lorry! https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/heartbroken-driver-who-opened-car-door-leading-to-cyclist-tess-rothsteins-death-speaks-out monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/16-year-old-cyclist-yisroel-schwartz-killed-in-borough-park-after-being-doored-into-the-path-of-a-white-2013-ford-econoline-e350 monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1601273829209-GU03H2UG0WRUDYKICCJP/yisroelschwartz.jpg Reports - 16 year old cyclist Yisroel Schwartz, killed In borough park after being doored into the path of a white 2013 Ford Econoline E350 16-year-old Yisroel Schwartz Z"L, Novaminsk Yeshiva Bachur killed in crash in Boro Park on Wednesday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1601272818276-OCBAAW055PENWXZKO94T/Screen+Shot+2020-09-27+at+10.59.38+PM.png Reports - 16 year old cyclist Yisroel Schwartz, killed In borough park after being doored into the path of a white 2013 Ford Econoline E350 Image: Boro Park News | @BoroPark24 https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/two-students-die-in-accident-after-car-driver-opens-door-suddenly-in-punjab monthly 0.5 2022-08-01 https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/doored-cyclists-of-the-world-dooring-compilation-2019 monthly 0.5 2022-08-01 https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/chp-driver-doored-cyclist-before-crash-that-left-her-with-major-injuries monthly 0.5 2022-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/4f5b4f6b-3880-4c0a-b804-adccb18941a4/Screen+Shot+2022-07-31+at+9.00.49+PM.png Reports - Cyclist on her way to meet her husband and their three young children for lunch in Berkeley, doored, knocking her onto the asphalt where a driver immediately struck her, causing major injuries. - Make it stand out A crash on Sacramento Street on Nov. 24, 2021, sent a cyclist to the hospital with major injuries. Credit: Sofia Zander https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/70-year-old-stephen-conley-of-somerville-died-after-the-driver-of-a-parked-land-rover-opened-his-door-into-the-bike-lane-where-conley-was-cycling monthly 0.5 2022-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/51612cd3-4ca4-4f68-a6ef-dbf8c4879f15/Screen+Shot+2022-09-06+at+4.50.04+PM.png Reports - 70-year-old Stephen Conley of Somerville died after the driver of a parked Land Rover opened his door into the bike lane where Conley was cycling. - Make it stand out Broadway near Packard Avenue in Somerville. Courtesy of Google Street View. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/da0b42a2-ed7d-4bdc-a454-31b4e2324f21/W0099766-1_20220816.jpgx.jpeg Reports - 70-year-old Stephen Conley of Somerville died after the driver of a parked Land Rover opened his door into the bike lane where Conley was cycling. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/category/non+lethal+accidents monthly 0.5 https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/category/first+hand+accounts monthly 0.5 https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/category/safety monthly 0.5 https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/category/safety+tips monthly 0.5 https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/category/NYC monthly 0.5 https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/category/car+door+deaths monthly 0.5 https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/tag/safety monthly 0.5 https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/tag/cardoor monthly 0.5 https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/tag/doored monthly 0.5 https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/tag/cycling monthly 0.5 https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/reports/tag/transportation monthly 0.5 https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/about daily 0.75 2020-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1596004557551-MCHY4CP8M7A9AP6IXD6Q/Towntaxi.jpg About This was not the actual Town Taxi mentioned in the story but it’s from the exact make and model from the same era. I happened to find it in a stack of old photo’s I took around that time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1597124297064-L3PHOXWFVPF20IE1Q6AJ/jerrybusiness.jpg About This picture was taken by Lori Spears for the San Francisco Bay Guardian roughly a year after I stopped messengering. I still ride that old Schwinn Steel lug touring frame regularly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1596608417799-1SKP3LJG81ILRQMSACPU/sfbc.jpg About The Tubular Times was a publication of the San Francisco Bike Coalition (SFBC). A non-profit group advocating for cyclists rights. This image depicted how I felt everyday. It took me a while to get used to riding the streets of San Francisco. https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/sticker daily 0.75 2020-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1596866373800-45W8M4Q4MAP1JHSM7ERQ/deathtrap_sketch.png Sticker First sketches, San Francisco 1997 In between running tags (delivering packages) as a bike messenger I would sketch out ideas I had going on in my head. I had made band stickers for years, these sketches where my first time trying to figure out how a sticker illustrating card door danger could work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1597128104515-ZFPRCCPH73ZEK0T2VCFY/deathtrap_sketch_7.png Sticker This was a "back burner" project of mine for a while since I didn’t have enough money to make stickers but hoped one day I would find a way. It was about a year before I got back to my original sketches. At this point I firmed up the Death character. It would still be years and a few more sketches before I'd actually go to print. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1597131058746-FXRZLZ8RU3W8DG753BX7/deathtrap_sketch_V9.png Sticker 1999 After trying "Slam" and "Pow!" I settled on Kachunk. Here you can see the street scene better. This basically became the first version of the sticker. I added some dot matrix patterns to add texture in the silk screening process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1597128130214-SZSKQU3Q3R99QPBT417X/deathtrap_sketch_5.png Sticker More sketching 1998 By this time I had a friend pose for the bicyclists and traced some type by hand to get the message to pop without competing with the imagery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1596866296487-C02T0LKRWWADM905VGMJ/cardoordeathtrap_V3.jpg Sticker Second Version, 2004 Updated the illustration to make the point more clear and reprint better. Added a white border and a "Jerry Business" credit at the bottom. Removed "Kachunk", changed the perspective and focused more on the point of head / door contact. Ran 1,000 like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1596866163445-CPW695IE9A27BV7V2R0S/cardoordeathtrap_V1.jpg Sticker First Version, 2001 This was the first version of the sticker. This version had the big "Kachunk" lettering representing that distinct sound of the door latch releasing so many of us have been conditioned to fear. After printing I realized I forgot to sign it! The first run was 1,000 and there was a second printing of 1,000 in 2002. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1595739726874-DMOWIM4MKC1MC0HU2R7W/yourcardoorisadeathtrap.jpg Sticker V3 2005 — present day The first version to carry the web address. Added a black border and redrew parts of the illustration so it would screen print better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d81ce5d25d0190e4f9d3d87/1597128184484-09I2UM8B3FQAPJBP2H3F/deathtrap_sketch_6.png Sticker I started adding action words in comic book type. For a while I thought POW! was the way to go. I wanted to have the license plate say "Any street 666" but It caused the illustration to bee too busy and distracted from the main message. At this point I started realizing the image needed some kind of context, like a city-scape. The big starburst graphic wasn’t helping to make the image recognizable at a glance. https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/new-page daily 0.75 2020-07-24 https://www.cardoordeathtrap.org/links daily 0.75 2020-09-28