Re:Bikes, not self driving cars, are the technological gatew...
by jackvalentine on Monday September 12, 2022 @09:09PM
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> Has any city ever actually tried ticketing people who block lanes?
There is a large amount of discourse about this on twitter, the issues as I’ve seen:
- Police don’t think to
- When it’s pointed out to them, police don’t want to.
- Police are often frequent bike lane parkers
- Non-police traffic wardens don’t think to
- When it’s pointed out to them, non-police traffic wardens are sometimes unsure how to actually ticket them as their handheld computer doesn’t have a wizard for bike lane parking and requires inputting of a special case
etc etc.
My experience, I think ticketing is of limited use to discourage it as the chances of getting ‘caught’ if you’re only there a short time is pretty low.
Re:Bikes, not self driving cars, are the technological gatew...
by throwaway894345 on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @01:15PM
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These seem like pretty absurd obstacles. Police in various places have historically been pretty notorious for zealously ticketing other offenses--I can't see anything special about these bike lane offenders. Of course, following BLM there has been a lot of pressure on police to avoid any "unnecessary" policing (lots of studies confirm that police have been pulled back all over the country as a direct consequence of BLM-related pressure), so maybe that would affect things as of the last 5ish years?
Has any city ever actually tried ticketing people who block lanes? In Chicago there's no enforcement at all, and I have to think that even a little enforcement would send a clear message. I don't mean to argue against protected bike lanes (although I've heard people say they accumulate trash and street cleaners can't access them, but I don't have strong feelings), but I don't understand why we talk about this as an inevitable problem.