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Old 11-21-17 | 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by robertorolfo
Yes, wind was pretty crazy this morning.

What do you think of those new concrete barriers on the path? I noticed them last week, as it was my first time over there since everything happened, and I'm not sure what to make of them.

I also noticed a police sign "reminding" everyone that electric and motorized bikes are not permitted on the path, and that they should be reported. I can get behind that.
The barriers annoy me. They are a knee-jerk response. They're preparing for the last disaster rather than the next one. And I fear I'll have a moment of inattention and crash into a barrier. But for the first few days, they sat on the path DIAGONALLY so passing them was insanely dangerous.

I'd be cool with the motorized bikes if people who rode them did so in a cool way, but a few don't. In fact, even though I occasionally go faster than 15 mph, I've come to believe there should be a 15 mph speed limit on the path. If everyone followed that, motors shouldn't be much of a problem.
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