Reply to Are bikes allowed to go through red lights on major roads?

Forum Index » Metropolitan DC Local Politics

Reply to "Are bikes allowed to go through red lights on major roads?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you imagine what it would be like if cycling was actually popular in DC?

PARIS — On a recent afternoon, the Rue de Rivoli looked like this: Cyclists blowing through red lights in two directions. Delivery bike riders fixating on their cellphones. Electric scooters careening across lanes. Jaywalkers and nervous pedestrians scrambling as if in a video game.

Sarah Famery, a 20-year resident of the Marais neighborhood, braced for the tumult. She looked left, then right, then left and right again before venturing into a crosswalk, only to break into a rant-laden sprint as two cyclists came within inches of grazing her.

“It’s chaos!” exclaimed Ms. Famery, shaking a fist at the swarm of bikes that have displaced cars on the Rue de Rivoli ever since it was remade into a multilane highway for cyclists last year. “Politicians want to make Paris a cycling city, but no one is following any rules,” she said. “It’s becoming risky just to cross the street!”

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/02/world/europe/paris-bicyles-france.html#:~:text=In%20Paris%2C%20parts%20of%20the,bike%20lanes%20weave%20through%20traffic.[/quote]

Yes, imagine if all cities had done what Paris is now doing! We might not be living on a planet that just recorded its hottest month ever and might not be on track to completely wrecking the prospects of people being able to live here into the 22nd century. Also, hundreds of thousands - if not millions - of people killed after being hit by drivers would still be with us today. Just imagine![/quote]

This is why bikes need to be licensed and displayed that license is such a way that it can be read automatically. Every stop sign and stop light needs to have the ability to ticket bikers. Also have to enforce  the speed limit(many streets are 15 mph or school zone). If bikes do not display the license it should be impounded. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics