Originally Posted by
SourDieseL
ok why the hell not, I'll go in on this..
I get what everyone is saying there's truth to it and yes it's law but at the same "right of way", who's to enforce the i hate parking in nyc it's such a hassle oh look there's a spot quick hurry, yes finally got a spot swings door open without looking in mirror as I'm strolling down on my bike I encounter this lovely interior door with the front of my carbon bike. No one enforces that, ok maybe it's my responsibility to watch out for those types, wouldn't it be the same responsibility as say cutting across the loop not at a stop light at any given point? How about spending the money educating users about cyclists and THEIR right away if we're been cracked down it should be a wide spread campaign in making the park safe, not isolating specific users.
Maybe post signs along the loop and major cross sections? Instead of officers posted up to see if cyclist run reds, how about that officer stand at the red and tell the crowds NO ITS NOT OK TO WALK, YES ITS OK TO WALK? I mean I'd like to think it should go both ways no?
That actually IS against the law, and I know of one instance where it was enforced... unfortunately, it was only enforced because it directly resulted in the death of a cyclist (knocked her in to a bus in the traffic lane. Oh, and the guilty party fled the scene to go to a baby shower. Effing scum.).