Originally Posted by
lostarchitect
City of New York, you mean.
We here in Brooklyn are merely a Borough.
But anyway, yes, I wish they would. I don't know if the cops don't care, or don't know the relevant laws, or have bigger fish to fry, or all of the above. It seems like traffic enforcement in general is rare here, and when they do mount some kind of enforcement action, it seems to make little sense.
Sorry, I keep remembering the sign in the opening credits of
Welcome Back Kotter. If I remember, the sign said, "Welcome to Brooklyn! The fourth largest city in the United States!"
You and the BikeSnob agree...any resulting enforcement makes little sense...it seems they increase enforcement on cyclists.
Bike Snob NYC: The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Feared in the Media, Ignored In Real Life
"I think it's a really dangerous city for bicyclists. I wonder what the numbers are at the emergency room every day. When I'm driving I almost hit one almost all the time because you can't see them," said one city driver.
Obviously you are legally blind, not to mention legally stupid, and therefore should not be allowed to drive. You've got to love a society in which people feel perfectly comfortable admitting to television reporters that they nearly kill someone every time they get behind the wheel of a car--though his vision's so bad he probably thought the microphone was a Taco Bell A.M. Crunchwrap®.