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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
I was thinking about this conversation on my way home so I decided I'd see how many times I saw a cyclist break the law before I left downtown (which is essentially two blocks for me).
I was waiting to make a left turn onto 4th Avenue from 8th Street on my way home from work. Typical rush hour traffic. Had to wait two lights. In the process of those two lights, I counted 4 cyclists fly by on the sidewalk or weaved in and out of traffic at a standstill , shoot out into the intersection illegally, and fly up 4th Avenue.
Bike lane is one block over, there's no reason for this but their own agenda. 4 cyclists in two lights during rush hour. Think about that. it's winter. Imagine how much this is happening in the summer.
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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
I don't think you and I are talking about the same
Thing.
I'm not talking about the bike lane on 7th. I have no problems with this and generally use it correctly and respectfully. I'm talking about one street over in 8th. People are flying down this all the time on bikes being complete #######s with no regard for the law instead of using the route that is designed for them just one block over.
How can anyone expect public opinion to be in favour of building more
Of these bike lanes, when only some of the cyclists bother to use them? For every person like you who use it properly, there's another jerk cherry picking their route home. You arent going to convince many people bike lanes are a good thing when they are increasing their commute time and they are still having to deal with the same BS from cyclists they did before the bike lanes came into existence.
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Lot's of drivers breaking various laws and not following common courtesy on any block of traffic you look at downtown or elsewhere.