Originally Posted by
Essex
Central Park (and especially that section downhill) is rife with tourists and all sorts of collision dangers. People walking in the bike lane, pedicabs guys hawking/harassing tourists for business, folks crossing the entire width of the roadway, kids crossing over from the zoo and the occasional squirrel/rat make it a place where riding a bike at speed is not advisable.
Also groups of more than 2 people (pedestrians or newbie bicyclists who got off their bikes) standing still in the middle of the lane talking.
Originally Posted by
dynodonn
Yes, I wondered what if the victim was not wife of a CBS executive. What if the roles were exchanged: bicyclist were a CBS executive, and victim were a East Harlem resident.