Proactively curbing bicycle scofflaws

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12-12-09 | 11:06 AM

#126

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Originally Posted by teamontherun

Even funnier than a citizen trying to "teach" cyclists a lesson would be that same cyclist pulling out a weapon and watching the citizen law figure crap themselves.

Funnier yet when the citizen law figure defends himself with some off-the-wall German statistics.

12-12-09 | 11:43 AM

#127

teamontherun

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German tactics can obviously be defeated. Look at WW2. lol

12-12-09 | 05:18 PM

#128

randya

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Originally Posted by genec

Gotta say... having just seen even that ancient video**, that is one hellatious ride.

** noted as from the 2nd ride in 2004... really? the "2nd" ride... I'd bet folks had been doing this longer than that. I used to ride the downhill portion of our local Park Blvd (in front of the zoo) hands free back in the late '70s... this Zoobomber stuff ain't that new. The name maybe... but not the concept.

ZooBomb officially began at the end of the Portland Bike Summer in August 2002, by then the hill had been accessible by train for more than 10 years and of course people had been downhilling there for longer than that, just not in any particularly organized fashion.

12-12-09 | 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by crhilton

Why is cycling so different in Germany?

I don't know about all of Germany. But in Berlin, the majority of bike lanes are ON the sidewalk. The system seems to work pretty well (pure ancedote). But it is fairly logical to assume that will vastly increase the number of bike-ped collisions over a system where the bike lanes are on the road.