Originally Posted by
Chris516
Typical...from the ordinary dumb citizen, all the way up to the NYPD Police Commissioner!!
While it is good to have bike lanes in NYC, if the bike lanes are blocked for some reason, people that don't cycle don't care!!!!
Everyone else in NYC is allowed to move around an obstruction. But if a cyclist, the NYPD reacts almost like the cyclist should 'get the chair', just for momentarily going outside the bike lane!!!!!
Yeah, isn't that great? Here in the Tampa Bay area motorists are reminded during heavy rains that they shouldn't drive through standing water as they might flood and "drown" their cars. But we cyclists are expected to just "suck it up" and accept the risks.
Just gotta love the doublestandard.