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

[Anonymous]

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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.

Consider myself warned? I'll make the pile bigger this week ... you're a joke.

Enjoy replacing your windshield then. We have long memories. Might have to do it a few times!

We have cameras. Enjoy the cops!

[Anonymous]

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.

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We have a schedule of when this will happen and those are our exact instructions.

[Anonymous]

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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.

+1
We have a schedule of when this will happen and those are our exact instructions.

In our neighborhood, if we don't rake them into the street they would block the sidewalk, because there is only a one-foot gap between the curb and sidewalk. And far more kids and parents use our sidewalk than bikers that ride by. So you have to pick your poison, and the street is wide enough to not interfere with cars.

[Anonymous]

Be best?

[Anonymous]

OP you’re too adorable. Your post embodies all the wonderful things we all love about cy cyclists in this area-grossly entitled, rude, snotty and totally clueless. Don’t ever change; all of you are a lesson on how not to behave towards others.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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."

Op comes off poorly (cause cyclists) but in Montgomery County they are right. Leaves are not supposed to be on the streets but on the curb, which is the grassy part next to the street.

It depends on where in MoCo you are. This flyer is only for the unincorporated parts of MoCo. There are 19 independent municipalities that aren't covered by this directive because they have their own rules and their own garbage/yard waste collection services. Some require inside the curb/on the sidewalk/not in the street and others require leaves actually to be in the street.

I'm opposed to leaf pick-up, period, as I don't rake our leaves but leave them to decompose. The whole US obsession with yards is ridiculous and such an enormously environmentally destructive practice. Specifically with respect to leaf collection, leaf blowing with gas-powered blowers is an ecological nightmare, and getting rid of all our leaves is helping destroy native insect populations, increase runoff, and decrease tree health. We'd all be a lot better off if people could stop obsessing about getting rid of leaves and figure out ways to collect and compost them on-site.

But all that said, it's simply not true that there's one set of rules for leaf collection applicable uniformly in MoCo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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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.

Consider myself warned? I'll make the pile bigger this week ... you're a joke.

Enjoy replacing your windshield then. We have long memories. Might have to do it a few times!

Smile for our neighborhood Ring cams, dash cams, and traffic cams! And then I’ll be smiling at you in court.

DP

There is almost zero chance you will be able to identify some random stranger who might live miles away from your home just because your ring camera showed them riding by on a bike and smashing your car window. Like, no chance at all. Police will absolutely not care. They’ll give you a CCN number and tell you to file an insurance claim.

Lucky for me I have friends in very high places.

Your friends in high places will be rolling their eyes and muttering about you when you ask them to devote resources to your ridiculous vandalism compliant.

JFC, some of you people…

[Anonymous]

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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.

Consider myself warned? I'll make the pile bigger this week ... you're a joke.

Enjoy replacing your windshield then. We have long memories. Might have to do it a few times!

Smile for our neighborhood Ring cams, dash cams, and traffic cams! And then I’ll be smiling at you in court.

DP

There is almost zero chance you will be able to identify some random stranger who might live miles away from your home just because your ring camera showed them riding by on a bike and smashing your car window. Like, no chance at all. Police will absolutely not care. They’ll give you a CCN number and tell you to file an insurance claim.

Lucky for me I have friends in very high places.

Your friends in high places will be rolling their eyes and muttering about you when you ask them to devote resources to your ridiculous vandalism compliant.

JFC, some of you people…

Oh honey, in my neighborhood, it would be dealt with swiftly. Trust and believe.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Consider myself warned? I'll make the pile bigger this week ... you're a joke.

Enjoy replacing your windshield then. We have long memories. Might have to do it a few times!

Smile for our neighborhood Ring cams, dash cams, and traffic cams! And then I’ll be smiling at you in court.

DP

There is almost zero chance you will be able to identify some random stranger who might live miles away from your home just because your ring camera showed them riding by on a bike and smashing your car window. Like, no chance at all. Police will absolutely not care. They’ll give you a CCN number and tell you to file an insurance claim.

Lucky for me I have friends in very high places.

Your friends in high places will be rolling their eyes and muttering about you when you ask them to devote resources to your ridiculous vandalism compliant.

JFC, some of you people…

Oh honey, in my neighborhood, it would be dealt with swiftly. Trust and believe.

I’d put $$$ on “nope, it won’t”

No one cares that someone smashed your windshield, Linda. File an insurance claim. The police are busy. Those who still remain on the force, that is. And they still remember all your bleating about defunding them a couple years ago, and your yard signs.


Trust and believe THAT…. honey.

[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.

This post is so dumb. We have to put them in street in order for them to be picked up. It's how the service works. Be more careful riding your bike.

[Anonymous]

The OP is a cyclist. Didn’t you all know the world revolves around 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.

This post is so dumb. We have to put them in street in order for them to be picked up. It's how the service works. Be more careful riding your bike.

Wrong. Stop lying. The official poster was shown upthread and it clearly said do NOT put them in the street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The OP is a cyclist. Didn’t you all know the world revolves around cyclists?

OP is literally every cyclist I know. That magic combination of ignorance and arrogance that only people clad in Lycra seem to harness and wield like a staff.

[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.

This post is so dumb. We have to put them in street in order for them to be picked up. It's how the service works. Be more careful riding your bike.

Wrong. Stop lying. The official poster was shown upthread and it clearly said do NOT put them in the street.

That's a poster for one specific place. It's certainly not the instructions for where I live.

[Anonymous]

I love how cyclists still have to place blame on someone for their problems, even if in this particular scenario it’s not the fault of a car/driver. But it’s gotta be SOMEBODY’s fault. Not theirs. Because they shouldn’t be expected to maintain awareness of everyday hazards that might be in the road.