Comments on: NYC Cyclist Ticketed for NOT Using Bike Lane Highlights the Perils of ALWAYS Using Bike Lanes http://inhabitat.com/nyc/nyc-cyclist-ticketed-for-not-using-bike-lane-highlights-the-perils-of-always-using-bike-lanes/ Green Design and Innovation in New York City Mon, 20 May 2013 06:46:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: spyrogyro http://inhabitat.com/nyc/nyc-cyclist-ticketed-for-not-using-bike-lane-highlights-the-perils-of-always-using-bike-lanes/comment-page-1/#comment-1170 spyrogyro Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:34:40 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/nyc/?p=12048#comment-1170 I can't believe no one has commented on this yet -- this video made my DAY the other day, after a perilous ride to Red Hook, BK, dodging fat men on blackberries in the Smith st bike lane, wrong-way riders on 3rd ave, Prospect Sts sinkhole-esque potholes, every delivery man in the world parked in the bike lanes on all the avenues, and every wanton pedestrian in Brooklyn taking 3 steps out and nearly getting their noses shaved before acknowledging that bikes are traffic too. Don't get me wrong -- bikers cause our own share of the hate we get, and I know we break traffic laws and disregard the turmoil we create -- but much of that is a defensive stance against both cars and pedestrians nearly getting us killed every 8 feet. This guy rules. Also, how he managed to fake wreck that many times without genuinely hurting himself is fairly impressive. I can’t believe no one has commented on this yet — this video made my DAY the other day, after a perilous ride to Red Hook, BK, dodging fat men on blackberries in the Smith st bike lane, wrong-way riders on 3rd ave, Prospect Sts sinkhole-esque potholes, every delivery man in the world parked in the bike lanes on all the avenues, and every wanton pedestrian in Brooklyn taking 3 steps out and nearly getting their noses shaved before acknowledging that bikes are traffic too. Don’t get me wrong — bikers cause our own share of the hate we get, and I know we break traffic laws and disregard the turmoil we create — but much of that is a defensive stance against both cars and pedestrians nearly getting us killed every 8 feet. This guy rules. Also, how he managed to fake wreck that many times without genuinely hurting himself is fairly impressive.

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