NYPD Cracking Down on Brooklyn Bikers
The Brooklyn Paper reports that the NYPD will begin a borough-wide bike crackdown in a few weeks. More moving violations will be issued for the the failure to obey traffic signs and signals, surpassing the speed limit, tailgating, and failure to signal before turning. While the numbers of bicyclists is growing and the bike lanes…
The Brooklyn Paper reports that the NYPD will begin a borough-wide bike crackdown in a few weeks. More moving violations will be issued for the the failure to obey traffic signs and signals, surpassing the speed limit, tailgating, and failure to signal before turning. While the numbers of bicyclists is growing and the bike lanes on Prospect Park West have caused controversy, cops claim the reason for the crackdown is because bike accidents have been up. Some bikers aren’t convinced. Rider Lacy Tauber think cops should “focus on drivers,” while bike advocate Baruch Herzfeld thinks this could further strain the relationship between bikers and cops.
Bikelash! Cops to Crack Down on 2-Wheelers [Brooklyn Paper]
bfarwell, i am sure there is many a fixie in billyburg that has a speedometer. there are some serious bike nerds out there.
m4l- SO true. biking while on the phone should get your bike taken away.
Speedlimit is also somewhat ridiculous, as bikes don’t have speedometers.
cyclists + yapping on phone = zombie on bike swaying side to side. they wouldnt kill anyone. rather just asking to BE killed
NYguy- i wasn’t comparing them, I was making a statement about fact. And the fact is a guy on a bike, hitting a pedestrian can kill them. Laws of physics and all that. Randi said only cars kill and my comment was to that.
randi- I will try to find it- it happened quite a few years ago so I’ll see if I can find out something.
“Jaywalking is a RIGHT in New York City”
no, its actually illegal. they even ticket rabbis sometimes
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/11/29/rabbi-angry-at-nypd-over-jaywalking-ticket/
enforce it all. no waivers for any. salmon cyclists are way out of control so they too must join the wreckless drivers to be regulated
Though, on reflection, maybe the Jan timing is intended to focus the crackdown on the professional cycling class, deliverypeople, messengers, and pedicabs, instead of ticketing a bunch of recreational cyclists in the summer.
Twice in the past year speeding cars jumped the curb, crossed the sidewalk and took out the front yard fence of the corner brownstone down the block from me (Dean St). It’s only luck that nobody was hurt or killed. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a car ticketed on Dean St.
I’m not saying bad bikers aren’t a problem, but they are a very small problem compared to bad drivers.