PSA! Stop piling your leaves in the street at the curb for collection. It’s dangerous for cyclists!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you pile your leaves in the street for DPW to vacuum them up, the edges of the pile get run over by traffic and then when it rains they become a slippery death trap for cyclists.

Be best. Keep your leaves in your own damn yards and not in the street where they can cause a rider to crash. This sort of thing should be common sense, but a lot of people are too stupid to realize it.

Consider yourselves warned.

Uhhh this is literally what DPW tells people to do get rid of leaves. Consider yourself warned

The Department of Public Works (DPW) will provide leaf collection service from November 7, 2022 through January 28, 2023 to residents who receive our trash and recycling services. Every 10 years, the District of Columbia government is required to redraw Ward boundaries. Please review your ward map as the boundary may have changed since last year.

District households serviced by DPW are asked to rake leaves into the tree box (or at the curb in front of their home where there is no tree box) on the Sunday of the week of their scheduled collection.


AT THE CURB DOES NOT MEAN IN THE STREET YOU IDIOT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, OP. Many jurisdictions tell homeowners to do exactly what they are doing. You need to find non-residential roads or roads without leaves to bike on for the one or two weeks that leaf collection is going on. Or you need to complain to the local DPW and tell them the risks. They can determine for next season whether there is a way to honor your request or not.

Homeowners are going to follow the instructions from the municipality, not some random anonymous bike rider.

No, sweetie, you guys just don't understand that "at the curb" doesn't mean in the street. Or you pretend you don't understand what that means because you don't want to leave the leaves in your yard.

[Anonymous]

It's not just a hazard to cyclists, it's a hazard to drivers when you block half the road with your leaves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you pile your leaves in the street for DPW to vacuum them up, the edges of the pile get run over by traffic and then when it rains they become a slippery death trap for cyclists.

Be best. Keep your leaves in your own damn yards and not in the street where they can cause a rider to crash. This sort of thing should be common sense, but a lot of people are too stupid to realize it.

Consider yourselves warned.

Uhhh this is literally what DPW tells people to do get rid of leaves. Consider yourself warned

The Department of Public Works (DPW) will provide leaf collection service from November 7, 2022 through January 28, 2023 to residents who receive our trash and recycling services. Every 10 years, the District of Columbia government is required to redraw Ward boundaries. Please review your ward map as the boundary may have changed since last year.

District households serviced by DPW are asked to rake leaves into the tree box (or at the curb in front of their home where there is no tree box) on the Sunday of the week of their scheduled collection.


AT THE CURB DOES NOT MEAN IN THE STREET YOU IDIOT.

How stupid are you that you don’t understand that leaves on the curb blow in the street? You’re the idiot.

[Anonymous]

OP this is already the rule in MoCo. https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-highway/leaf/index.html

"We appreciate the area's residents placing their leaves at the curb and keeping them out of the street, which keeps the streets safe for the traveling public."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you pile your leaves in the street for DPW to vacuum them up, the edges of the pile get run over by traffic and then when it rains they become a slippery death trap for cyclists.

Be best. Keep your leaves in your own damn yards and not in the street where they can cause a rider to crash. This sort of thing should be common sense, but a lot of people are too stupid to realize it.

Consider yourselves warned.

So do what I do when I see leaves piled up near the curb: ride more toward the middle of the street. Problem solved, no crashing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So….how do you suggest people get their leaves picked up?

In my community you get your leaves picked up by raking them to the curb.

Read the notice - you are supposed to leave them ON THE CURB, still in your yard, not on the street.

I live in the Town of Vienna...literally everywhere I turn, people have raked their leaves into the street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you pile your leaves in the street for DPW to vacuum them up, the edges of the pile get run over by traffic and then when it rains they become a slippery death trap for cyclists.

Be best. Keep your leaves in your own damn yards and not in the street where they can cause a rider to crash. This sort of thing should be common sense, but a lot of people are too stupid to realize it.

Consider yourselves warned.

Did you really mean to say “Be best” in a post you want people to take seriously? I leave my leaves in the yard, but any adult who bikes through leaf piles in the street probably is better off learning the lesson that they are not mentally equipped to cycle as a hobby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So….how do you suggest people get their leaves picked up?

In my community you get your leaves picked up by raking them to the curb.

I live in Vienna (not sure where you are) and we are asked to rake our leave to the curb, but to not put them in the street.

Vienna tells you to cover the sidewalks with leaves? Are pedestrians (kids walking to school) supposed to walk in the road until they’re cleared? Street is definitely the better option if you aren’t bagging.

You can see it here: https://www.viennava.gov/residents/town-services/seasonal-services

Rake leaves just to the curb. Raking leaves into the street is dangerous because:

Cars parked on leaf piles may catch fire.
Children playing in the leaves may be struck by a passing vehicle.
Leaves may prevent rainwater from reaching storm drain inlets.

Even raking them to the edge of the curb still creates the same problem- the leaves eventually spill into the street and become a slippery mess.

Just bag them instead. It’s safer for cyclists and then we won’t have to come back one night and smash your car windshield with a bike lock because we slipped on your messy pile of leaves that blew out into the street.

The more you know!

[Anonymous]

Alexandria city does this as well.

[Anonymous]

Cyclists believe they are the center of the universe. Even still, I would do anything to keep them safe.

[Anonymous]

OP,

HELLLLL NO!

Leaves in our neighborhood are collected on the curb. We don't use bags. It's vacuumed. Personally, we have no leaves of our own. But you are nutter. Why don't you go bike on a bike path?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you pile your leaves in the street for DPW to vacuum them up, the edges of the pile get run over by traffic and then when it rains they become a slippery death trap for cyclists.

Be best. Keep your leaves in your own damn yards and not in the street where they can cause a rider to crash. This sort of thing should be common sense, but a lot of people are too stupid to realize it.

Consider yourselves warned.

“Be best?” “Consider yourself warned?” Are you *trying* to be a caricature?

Get over yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So….how do you suggest people get their leaves picked up?

In my community you get your leaves picked up by raking them to the curb.

Read the notice - you are supposed to leave them ON THE CURB, still in your yard, not on the street.

I live in the Town of Vienna...literally everywhere I turn, people have raked their leaves into the street.

Ok? Doesn't make it right.

[Anonymous]

OP. Driving instead of biking will solve your problem.