Hit & Run on the W & OD
I guess if us cyclists don't stay off their roads, they'll just start using ours.
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=149&sid=3345932 http://www.wtop.com/149/3344461/Bicy...-on-bike-trail |
Come on its a DUI, has nothing to do with autos trying to take over bike paths.
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Obviously, needs more bollards. It shouldn't be possible to get a car onto the trail. If it's possible to do, drunks will do it.
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Originally Posted by lubes17319
(Post 15701220)
I guess if us cyclists don't stay off their roads, they'll just start using ours.
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=149&sid=3345932 http://www.wtop.com/149/3344461/Bicy...-on-bike-trail
Originally Posted by howsteepisit
(Post 15701333)
Come on its a DUI, has nothing to do with autos trying to take over bike paths.
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Sorry, I totally miss any sarcasm.
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I don't know about the OP. But that trail is about an hour south of my house, and I have biked down there, to go on club rides. If there is any positive, at least she didn't take the W&OD where(via a bike/ped bridge) it goes over the interstate and then she decides to leave the bike trail while on the bridge. I am also glad, she wasn't on the trail near National Airport(it runs right by the airport), and decided to suddenly try to drive on to the airport tarmac.
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Originally Posted by howsteepisit
(Post 15701333)
Come on its a DUI, has nothing to do with autos trying to take over bike paths.
So, once we had bike paths. As our roadways became unpleasant for people to walk along, we have allowed our bike paths to be changed to MUPs. Currently, many are functionally off-road sidewalks (bikes must yield to pedestrians on a sidewalk; peds have no obligation to permit passing). The next change is for them to just become roads so the cycle can start again. Sure, this drunk is considered a rarity, but next time it won't really be news since everyone will have already heard about it. Eventually, everyone will wonder why someone is upset that there are cars on the bike paths since they've "always" been there. |
Thats quite a slippery slope from a drunk driver on a bike path in Washington DC to a takeover of bike paths "death by a thousand cuts" in Eugene OR. You are correct, I don't ride on the East Bank path. I agree that we have lost bike paths to MUPs, and in some locals, bike lanes to joggers. But why would you expect exclusive use of the facilities since Autos and Trucks do not get to claim sole use of other roadways, interstate highways in some locals excepted?
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Sorry, I'll make it easier this time.
Originally Posted by lubes17319
(Post 15701220)
[blatantsarcasm]I guess if us cyclists don't stay off their roads, they'll just start using ours.[/blatantsarcasm]
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=149&sid=3345932 http://www.wtop.com/149/3344461/Bicy...-on-bike-trail |
They say sarcasm is wasted on kids and dogs, me too I guess. No harm no foul, carry on
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There was recently a photo floating around of a couple driving on the W & OD. A bicyclist stopped them and told them they were on the trail and they're reply was that the GPS told them to go this way.
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Originally Posted by ItsJustMe
(Post 15701346)
Obviously, needs more bollards. It shouldn't be possible to get a car onto the trail. If it's possible to do, drunks will do it.
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I'm not a big fan of bollards. I once saw someone crash into one and it looked like it hurt.
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Originally Posted by unterhausen
(Post 15703601)
I'm not a big fan of bollards. I once saw someone crash into one and it looked like it hurt.
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Originally Posted by ItsJustMe
(Post 15701346)
Obviously, needs more bollards. It shouldn't be possible to get a car onto the trail. If it's possible to do, drunks will do it.
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Narrow spaces and sharp turns can keep motorists off of bike paths and tend to be safer than poles sticking up in the middle of a path.
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Originally Posted by Roosterbird
(Post 15702999)
There was recently a photo floating around of a couple driving on the W & OD. A bicyclist stopped them and told them they were on the trail and they're reply was that the GPS told them to go this way.
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Originally Posted by genec
(Post 15704683)
Narrow spaces and sharp turns can keep motorists off of bike paths and tend to be safer than poles sticking up in the middle of a path.
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