doorprize
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A Rails site where cyclists who were "doored" can report their incident for statistics in Canada

Currently using the [MIT license](LICENSE) for the project.

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Produced by [@f3ndot](http://www.justinbull.ca) for the [#bikeTO](https://www.twitter.com/search?q=%23BikeTO) community.
doorprize
=========

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A Rails site where cyclists who were "doored" can report their incident for statistics in Canada

Currently using the [MIT license](LICENSE) for the project.

Why?
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Because, back in 2012, the Toronto police redefined what a "collision" is, and apparently that's a good enough reason to discontinue tracking "dooring" incidents.[1]

Because the police won't track dooring until they're ordered to do so.[2]

Because despite the fact that the Police board wants Toronto cops to review the policy, It'll take the Toronto Police 3 months to respond.[3] I can build a reporting database application in just 1/6 of that time.

Because I feel it's important to track and record something that's an issue in this community. By not tracking these incidents, how can we even begin adequately address the issue?

  [1]: "http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/2013/06/25/toronto_cyclists_fear_dooring_but_police_dont_track_it.html" Toronto cyclists fear dooring, but police don't track it
  [2]: "http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/08/06/toronto_police_wont_track_dooring_until_theyre_ordered_to_do_so.html" Toronto police won't track 'dooring' until they're ordered to do so
  [3]: "http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/08/06/police_board_wants_toronto_cops_to_review_dooring_policy.html" Police board wants Toronto cops to review ‘dooring’ policy

Application Details
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- Ruby on Rails 4 framework
- Developed with Ruby 2.0.0
- Using HTML5, CSS, CoffeeScript, LESS for front-end
- Database *probably* will be Postgres
- Considering Heroku or Linode for hosting

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Produced by [@f3ndot](http://www.justinbull.ca) for the [#bikeTO](https://www.twitter.com/search?q=%23BikeTO) community.
Add app details, the "why" copy from `gh-pages` branch
Add app details, the "why" copy from `gh-pages` branch
