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

[Anonymous]

The leaves in our DC neighborhood still have not been picked up. The city is 4 weeks late. The massive piles of leaves are starting to break down and decompose lol

[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.

OP -- you are pretty far off here. That is how leaves are collected. You need to drive around the piles. You are the one not doing what you are supposed to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

OMG, so much ^^^this right here^^^.

[Anonymous]

I put them in the street because there is no grass between the sidewalk and street, and we are on a pedestrian walking path to a school. I care more about the safety of those kids than a cyclist who can easily negotiate around a pile of leaves.

[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.

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Awwwww, let me call you a whaaabulance peddleboi

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I put them in the street because there is no grass between the sidewalk and street, and we are on a pedestrian walking path to a school. I care more about the safety of those kids than a cyclist who can easily negotiate around a pile of leaves.

But that might slow him down and he’s a serious athletes-you can tell by his Lycra!

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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…

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.

You don’t have the friends I do, you don’t live in the neighborhood I do, and you will never run in the circles I do. Sweetie.

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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…

With all due respect, it depends on where you live. Where I live the police would be happy to find the people who did this. Our neighborhood gives lots of gifts to the local station and have a long history of helping them. They love working our neighborhood. So yes they would hunt you down. But they do not have to. You will be back in the neigborhood and I will throw rocks at you.

[Anonymous]

Warned???

You are the one who is going to slip so heed your own warning.

I agree that it can be excessive at times BUT the leaf pickup is really unreliable and sometimes they forget entirely. Leaving on the grass in piles kills the grass so that's not a great solution.

Bikers seem to think they own the road. And the sidewalks. It's as if the world must cater to their whims. Get over yourself and get a car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The OP is Exhibit A for why people cannot stand cyclists.

100%

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

+1. Lost count of the cyclists that blow through stop signs and lights.

We are permitted to treat stop signs as yield signs under the Idaho Stop law. That means we are not required to stop at stop signs. So get the F’ over it.

As for “blowing through red lights”, I’ve been riding for 10 years and I’ve literally NEVER seen a cyclist run a red light. Ever. Not even once. But I see plenty of cars run red lights every day.

This isn't Idaho Rural Moms and Dads.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I put them in the street because there is no grass between the sidewalk and street, and we are on a pedestrian walking path to a school. I care more about the safety of those kids than a cyclist who can easily negotiate around a pile of leaves.

But that might slow him down and he’s a serious athletes-you can tell by his Lycra!

I've seen this guy. The Lycra is working harder than he is.

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

+1. Lost count of the cyclists that blow through stop signs and lights.

We are permitted to treat stop signs as yield signs under the Idaho Stop law. That means we are not required to stop at stop signs. So get the F’ over it.

As for “blowing through red lights”, I’ve been riding for 10 years and I’ve literally NEVER seen a cyclist run a red light. Ever. Not even once. But I see plenty of cars run red lights every day.

This isn't Idaho Rural Moms and Dads.

I wonder if OP was the cyclist who zoomed across a crosswalk without dismounting the other day, forcing me to come to a screeching halt in the middle of the intersection as I was turning on a green arrow. And then gave me a dirty look and a rude gesture.

[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.

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.

I just got a great laugh reading through this entire thread - the above is my favorite part.

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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…

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.

You don’t have the friends I do, you don’t live in the neighborhood I do, and you will never run in the circles I do. Sweetie.

DP

If you’re still responsible for driving yourself around in your own car and parking it out on the street where any rando can just go by and vandalize it, you aren’t at the station in life you seem to think you are. Because the people actually in the circles you seem to think you travel in, don’t drive themselves around and they certainly don’t have to deal with street parking.

Sorry about that wake up call.