Comments on: Cyclist Rights, Cyclist Wrongs

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:03:12 +0000

If it's a news story about bicycling, it *must* be time to start complaining about cyclists running stop signs. Yeesh. What a cliche.

By: Andrew Beaujon

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:12:27 +0000

I agree, it's ridiculous. I ride home down Calvert Street NW, where there's ALWAYS some joker in the lane, lights flashing if you're lucky. I figure moving vans get a pass, but everyone else is blatantly putting cyclists' lives at risk---as you say, you've got to swerve out into traffic and hope for the best. All so some dope doesn't have to look for a parking spot.

By: Mr. T in DC

Mr. T in DC — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:56:06 +0000

Regarding the photo above, the FBI park their cruisers in that bike lane all the time when they have an ample underground parking garage. It's very annoying, not just because cyclists have to swerve into traffic, but because it's a classic Federal-homeland-security-paranoia-apparatus vs. local DC bike-friendly traffic regulations, and of course the Feds always prevail in these conflicts.