After Spike in Deaths, New York to Get 250 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes

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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