Bicycle Traffic Tickets Soar in Brooklyn
The number of tickets given out to cyclists has jumped dramatically in Brooklyn since the Citi Bike share program started on May 27, The New York Daily News reported. In the four precincts with stations, as well as three nearby precincts, tickets went from 282 during the same period the year before to 510 –…
The number of tickets given out to cyclists has jumped dramatically in Brooklyn since the Citi Bike share program started on May 27, The New York Daily News reported. In the four precincts with stations, as well as three nearby precincts, tickets went from 282 during the same period the year before to 510 — an increase of 81 percent. “Tickets are usually handed out for running red lights, riding in the wrong direction or being on the sidewalk and wind up in the range of $25 to $190,” said the story. Police often ticket riders going the wrong on South 5th Street near Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, according to a worker at the nearby Landmark Bicycles shop.
Tickets for Bike Riders up 7% in Manhattan, 81% in Brooklyn: NYPD [NY Daily News]
Saw my first Bike ticket this Sat. Long overdue.
With privilege comes great responsibility
When on my bike, I stop at red lights, but don’t always wait for the light to change. If it’s all clear, it often seems safer to me to go ahead cautiously than to wait with the cars until we all get to spring forward together. (I do wait if I see a cop nearby…)
Just did on Court Street between Butler and Degraw. Was obviously an accident, but no less dangerous.
I have also seen many drivers (including commercial vehicles) a week jumping into the opposite lane on Kenmare to avoid the backup, when turning onto Lafayette on their way to the Holland Tunnel. These vehicles then ride about 20 feet in the bike lane to get onto Broome. These were obviously intentional, and went unenforced.
Stand at the southeast corner of Kenmare and Lafayette from 3-6pm on a Thursday or Friday to withness the carnage… but not too close, as a semi might end up hopping the curb when cutting that corner.
Yes. And now a ticket for a car caught by a red light camera, during school hours, above ten miles per hour, has been capped at $50 with no points. I would say this is hardly a fair penalty when compared to the tickets that cyclists are receiving.
cars get away with murder in this city. all too often “no criminality suspected” in cases of pedestrians or cyclists hit by vehicles.
there is cash ticketing every car blocking a bike lane just as well. obviously it is more than revenue pushing this.
You should NEVER salmon.
And where are the tickets for those careless and reckless drivers?