tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post8911574986141331920..comments2024-03-28T20:50:27.862-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: About the NYPD cracking down on bikes without bells Saturday in Tompkins Square ParkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-63318107524730124692019-04-27T08:01:24.821-04:002019-04-27T08:01:24.821-04:00Another positive community-building event, courtes...Another positive community-building event, courtesy of the NYPD--not! I wait for the day the NYPD figures out that they make their own job a lot tougher by building distrust and fracturing community support through such pointless displays of white supremacist power. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-3039613451646641332019-04-24T13:48:09.879-04:002019-04-24T13:48:09.879-04:00My bike bell makes that "AAAOOOOOOOGAA" ...My bike bell makes that "AAAOOOOOOOGAA" sound. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-69627026510113366352019-04-24T01:10:24.031-04:002019-04-24T01:10:24.031-04:00Next year call it bring a 40 oz bottle of cheap be...Next year call it bring a 40 oz bottle of cheap beer instead of pot to the ride and promote it as a good old daze TSP get together with free beer and bikes. Ask Jerry The Peddler to bring a case of Old English to give away. I promise to travel from wherever I am for the party and bike ride.John Penleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-6940991629416602352019-04-23T22:48:53.496-04:002019-04-23T22:48:53.496-04:00I have the shittiest bell on my bike because I hea...I have the shittiest bell on my bike because I heard about this type of entrapment.Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-38558189596740045942019-04-23T21:25:25.137-04:002019-04-23T21:25:25.137-04:00@Anon 3:20 -
Perhaps that two-way respect could ...@Anon 3:20 - <br /><br />Perhaps that two-way respect could start with the commissioner himself, who doesn't bother with a bell:<br /><br />http://gothamist.com/2019/04/23/nypd_oneill_bike_bell_scofflaw.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-61051792564765288202019-04-23T21:25:05.297-04:002019-04-23T21:25:05.297-04:00Agree with the nypd's tompkin's square par...Agree with the nypd's tompkin's square park action, but would also like to see similar effort put on lawless, reckless bicyclists who speed and run red lights. These types give all bicyclits a bad name.<br />And focusing on motorists who speed to make turns, and then not yield but cut off bicyclists already in the bike lane (with the right of way).Charlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-86418997306223849112019-04-23T21:24:19.984-04:002019-04-23T21:24:19.984-04:00If the NYPD wants the public to obey traffic laws,...If the NYPD wants the public to obey traffic laws, then they really need to change their motto to something other than "To Protect and Swerve."Giovannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061991537085810824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-42327587636250178222019-04-23T21:14:06.447-04:002019-04-23T21:14:06.447-04:00@5:24 PM
Do some research about the origins of th...@5:24 PM<br /><br />Do some research about the origins of the private trash haulers. They are wise guys, so to speak. Bikers over sharing on social media about a smoke out too er happy to realize it's not fully legal yet. They aren't wise guys, in more ways than one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-7256066319183371182019-04-23T19:38:28.762-04:002019-04-23T19:38:28.762-04:00Take some of those cops and put them on eastbound ...Take some of those cops and put them on eastbound M14D buses to stop the ceaseless flow of people with expensive clothes, Apple ear buds, and fancy shopping bags from boarding the bus through the back door and evading the fare. It's especially bad at the Irving Place stop, if they care to check it out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-26226327745765729882019-04-23T19:32:20.199-04:002019-04-23T19:32:20.199-04:00Historic NYPD motto:
Makin' quota AND harshin...Historic NYPD motto:<br /><br />Makin' quota AND harshin' the buzzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-16077660824689400452019-04-23T17:24:44.632-04:002019-04-23T17:24:44.632-04:00I wish the police would do something about the pri...I wish the police would do something about the private trash haulers who fly around the streets in the pre-dawn hours. I've called 311 with license plate numbers of the trucks I see run lights. The city is more concerned with ticketing 13 years olds for having a bike with a bell though.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-12447899584742828632019-04-23T16:36:22.938-04:002019-04-23T16:36:22.938-04:00All rules of the road should be enforced whether 2...All rules of the road should be enforced whether 2 wheel or 4. Then we all can feel safe.cmarrtyyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06948995395819496180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-15369697278969105212019-04-23T15:51:27.869-04:002019-04-23T15:51:27.869-04:00meanwhile they won't do anything about open dr...meanwhile they won't do anything about open drug use, defecating in public, homeless and drifters taking up sidewalks and parks as their home to destroy as they please. leaving filth, needles, garbage, etc. making it awful to even just walk down the street. NYPD leaves them be, can't do anything about it but this, they just can't walk away from this. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-21291220725038262272019-04-23T15:23:03.061-04:002019-04-23T15:23:03.061-04:00I was there for this nonsense. Over 30 cops and a ...I was there for this nonsense. Over 30 cops and a handful of cyclists. Never seen so many cops in the park in the last 20 years. Where are they when actual crimes are taking place? Ridiculous. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-66936731329650926062019-04-23T15:20:16.649-04:002019-04-23T15:20:16.649-04:00One more instance of bikers thinking the rules don...One more instance of bikers thinking the rules don't apply to them. And then they wonder why people have an issue with bike riders?<br /><br />A BELL is a minimum requirement for the safety of the riders and everyone else the rider encounters, yet many of these people can't be bothered, which reads as a big "eff-you" to pedestrians and officials alike.<br /><br />If bike riders want more respect, they need to learn that respect works both ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-85556135012416184132019-04-23T14:47:42.643-04:002019-04-23T14:47:42.643-04:00Four tickets at a pot meetup and one open warrant ...Four tickets at a pot meetup and one open warrant arrest doesn't sound like much of a crackdown. protip: if you are asked for your ID and you have an open warrant you are going to have a problem.<br /><br />As a cyclist I don't get the bell requirement and have never been ticketed for it. Some mid level cop was offended by the pot angle and decided to be a uh bummer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-35761521232293309032019-04-23T14:24:36.005-04:002019-04-23T14:24:36.005-04:00It's been 12 years since Janette Sadik-Khan wa...It's been 12 years since Janette Sadik-Khan was appointed Transpo Commish, kicking off the "complete streets" revolution that put city government squarely behind more bikes and bike infrastructure. It's been 5 years since Bill deBlasio became mayor, in part because he campaigned as the father of black children who would end racist police abuse (he also promised to expand bike infrastructure). We have a City Council full of explicit anti-racists and environmentalists who say they want to see bike ridership increase. And yet this shit keeps happening. NYPD keeps bullying cyclists and young people of color. Can anything stop it? Are they totally unaccountable? Is it always still Giuliani Time for our boys and girls in blue? I'm so angry. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-59817841200069402082019-04-23T14:09:52.499-04:002019-04-23T14:09:52.499-04:00Thank you NYPD, keepin us all so safe, n shit.Thank you NYPD, keepin us all so safe, n shit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com