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[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

"If a 4,000-pound SUV runs a red light, they get a ticket and you pay it online. You're done with it in a matter of minutes. But if a 60-pound bicycle runs a red light, then they can get a criminal summons..." A 60lb bicycle with a 120-190lb adult meat crayon riding it. That's 250lbs of meat and metal getting slammed by a 4000lb SUV that had the green.

"You stop and double park while you're doing DoorDash or Uber, and you get a ticket for double parking, and there is no consideration for a working man who's trying to do his living,"

Peak NYC... "Yeah, uh, I broke a well known and established law, but I'm working here! Gimme a break!"

"It's because the design and the infrastructure is not there to protect the people who are the most vulnerable..."

Pedestrian and traffic laws exist as a deterrent to keep people from doing stupid and dangerous things. Bike lanes and greenways exist. That's the infrastructure! You're a pedestrian breaking a law that's been implemented because it makes something unsafe for everyone. Maybe don't do the thing that makes things unsafe!?

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[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com -2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (7 children)

What I haven't seen mentioned yet is that we have a established registration and licensing system to streamline identification, ticketing, and consequences for vehicles that bicyclists don't use. Tickets for bikes isn't something that can be tacked on to the existing infrastructure easily so of course they have to be processed differently.

Now if bikes/riders were licensed too, that may be easier to include just like vehicles, but good luck trying to push that law through.

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