Closing Bell: The Brooklyn Bridge on Two Wheels
This video nicely captures a ride on the Brooklyn Bridge, though it doesn’t really document the tension that often exists between cyclists and pedestrians.
This video nicely captures a ride on the Brooklyn Bridge, though it doesn’t really document the tension that often exists between cyclists and pedestrians.
Believe me, anyone who is doing 40mph on the bridge, in addition to being an idiot, has a computer on their handle bars to know that they are only going 29mph, which is already a suicidal velocity.
I think they should install a plastic, slightly raised yellow median separating the two sides (triangle/trapazoid profile). This would alert the uninitiated to the existence of a bike and pedestrian sides. Also, more signage. Also, a ticketing system to control the cyclist a-holes amongst us.
I get tired of hearing lump all cyclists into one group. Granted, 10% of cyclists are total a-holes, but at least 10% of pedestrians are a-holes, but nobody is stupid enough to say all pedestrians suck, so don’t try the same lame argument on cyclists.
As an aside, Biff is a loser.
I give it right back – the second I see a biker even touch the line I scream at them “STAY ON YOUR SIDE!!!”. Does wonders for anger management. Kinda like smacking the trunk of a car when one cuts you off at a crosswalk.
Reality is there are way to many pedestrians on Brooklyn Bridge for the pedestrian lane.
The pathway is a tourist mecca and can no longer be used a a bicycle thoroughfare.
Ban the bikes from the bridge or walk them over. Or use the bike only pathway on Manhattan bridge (instead of the pedestrian only one that they seem to prefer).
Hey Biff, my insult obviously werked.
Oh, these biker v. ped arguments get so tiresome. Peds need to be aware of their surroundings and not wander out into the street or into the bike lane without looking. Bikers need to yield to everyone who has the right of way. Plenty of assholes on both sides (and don’t forget about the ones in the cars) but that doesn’t mean every biker that runs a red light is a menace to society.
I feel its my duty to be a an aggressive biker on the bridge to give the tourists authentic NYC attitude. Its part of the experience.
I only weigh 170 and I’ve been plowed into TWICE in my life by ASSHOLE bikers who ran red lights as I crossed the street with MY green. Both times, I was lucky to escape with only bruises–but what struck me is that BOTH TIMES, the ASSHOLE biker got up and began to flip shit at me for “causing” the accident because I hadn’t looked to see if some POS bicyclist was flying through a red before crossing the street.
And get this: one of the morons who ran into me was riding AGAINST TRAFFIC, making him a double-dipped asshole. There’s plenty more like him out there. So spare me, you whining bikers, about the asshole pedestrians on the Brooklyn Bridge. Take a look in the mirror.
“Biff, I thot that was your thing?”
10:41, I “thot” spelling was your thing, but clearly I’m wrong. Please be coherent in your attempts to insult. Thank you.