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Another reason to criticize design before motorists
Observed by ddartley on Mon, Nov 27 2006
This was also on Allen St., like yesterday's "Typical," just a few blocks to the South.
Observed by ddartley on Mon, Nov 27 2006
This was also on Allen St., like yesterday's "Typical," just a few blocks to the South.
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Posted on Mon, Nov 27 2006 at 04:35 PM
Agreed the design is flawed, but unfortunately, something we have to deal with. The automobiles and the cyclists have to share the road and respect each other. When a cyclist breaks the rules of the road it is bad, but when a giant hunk of steel drifts into the lane the city tells us we *have* to bike in, it becomes deadly. So, yes, definitely criticize the design, but by no means excuse drivers who put cyclists needs at risk.
Posted on Sun, Dec 03 2006 at 11:17 PM
I don't see how it is the MTA bus driver's fault. S/he has a route, they have to follow it. DOT put a bike lane between the bus drivers traveling lane and bus stop. If the bus driver refuses to cross over the bike lane, s/he gets fired. The NYC traffic rules do require a vehicle that must cross a bicycle lane to refrain from doing so in a manner that interferes with the safety and passage of a bicyclists, so there is a theoretical ability for the bus drivers and bicyclists to accomodate each other, but i think I know who will be doing most of the accomodating. I think DOT should be forced to explain what is supposed to be going on in this picture (did you hear that, Santa Claus?)