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Re:After Spike in Deaths, New York to Get 250 Miles of Prote... by tombert on Monday October 28, 2019 @04:08PM (#21381066)
My biggest pet peeve is when cops treat the bike lane as additional parking. I've seen cops do it just to walk into 7-eleven and buy a snack.

I wonder if that will be addressed at some point.

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Re:After Spike in Deaths, New York to Get 250 Miles of Prote... by bobbylarrybobby on Monday October 28, 2019 @04:40PM (#21381402)
Cops all drive into the city from Long Island. They don't understand how New Yorkers actually live and get around; to them a bike lane is a curiosity for weirdos who like to get around on a child's vehicle.

Getting change in this regard will require either very serious change in how cops are regulated, or a change in cops' mindsets regarding cars and bikes. Not sure which I'd bet on happening first.

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Re:After Spike in Deaths, New York to Get 250 Miles of Prote... by milkytron on Monday October 28, 2019 @04:52PM (#21381531)
Is parking in a bike lane illegal? If so, would it be possible to citizen's arrest a cop for that? Or take them to court?

Maybe it's an overreaction to a small crime, but it would set a precedent, no?

Edit: I do not recommend trying to citizen's arrest a cop.

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Re:After Spike in Deaths, New York to Get 250 Miles of Prote... by phyzome on Monday October 28, 2019 @05:24PM (#21381871)
Citizen's arrest for a non-moving traffic violation? Sounds implausible, though I don't know NY law at all.
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Re:After Spike in Deaths, New York to Get 250 Miles of Prote... by ianleeclark on Monday October 28, 2019 @05:02PM (#21381634)
> Or take them to court?

Probably not a viable course of action considering they murdered Eric Garner just for selling loosies.

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Re:After Spike in Deaths, New York to Get 250 Miles of Prote... by OutsmartDan on Monday October 28, 2019 @04:58PM (#21381594)
bike lane parking is just a form of "double parking", so theoretically it is illegal- however the laws of the road do not apply in NYC :)
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Re:After Spike in Deaths, New York to Get 250 Miles of Prote... by InitialLastName on Monday October 28, 2019 @06:39PM (#21382518)
Let me adjust that: The rules of the road (and common decency) do not apply to the NYPD.
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Re:After Spike in Deaths, New York to Get 250 Miles of Prote... by nielsole on Monday October 28, 2019 @05:21PM (#21381829)
In Berlin we have a very limited amount of cops on bikes. Getting out of the car changes their perspective.
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Re:After Spike in Deaths, New York to Get 250 Miles of Prote... by Ambele on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @09:42AM (#21387023)
Maybe for a couple of days a month, some cops may be rotated onto a police bicycle?
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Re:After Spike in Deaths, New York to Get 250 Miles of Prote... by rasz on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @12:55PM (#21389319)
Impossible, NY cops are too fat https://nypost.com/2018/02/18/fat-cops-are-weighing-down-the...
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Re:After Spike in Deaths, New York to Get 250 Miles of Prote... by RandallBrown on Monday October 28, 2019 @06:22PM (#21382379)
Casey Neistat, a prominent YouTuber, partially got his start by making a video about people/things blocking the bike lanes in NYC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzE-IMaegzQ

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Re:After Spike in Deaths, New York to Get 250 Miles of Prote... by Scarblac on Monday October 28, 2019 @05:59PM (#21382172)
In the Netherlands the bike lanes are usually separated from the car lanes, so you'd have car lane - car parking - bike line - sidewalk. Much safer and also prevents people parking on the bike lane.
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