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Help is Not Parking In The Bike Lane (tm)
Observed by goofibulator on Thu, May 31 2007
This person probably figured that since the lane was already blocked by the sport cute in front of it, that it was fair game. Now they DID pull over as far as they could, granted.
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Posted on Thu, May 31 2007 at 01:33 PM
Oh, and I forgot to mention: I was chatting with the woman driving the sport-cute as I took the vehicle picture, and she seemed to be very freaked out: first she thought I was a cop (that'd be a pretty weird assumption to make, as my t-shirt had the logo from my 80's highschool rock band on it), and when I said I wasn't, she pleaded with me to not sue her. I explained that I wouldn't, just that it's dangerous parking in bike lanes. She was still begging me not to sue as I biked off.
Posted on Mon, Jun 25 2007 at 11:52 PM
The trucker might be making the best of a tough scenario. Perhaps she/he or other gender could have pulled up side street. Maybe truckers need to put out a cone when unloading in bike lanes?
Posted on Wed, Jul 18 2007 at 03:11 PM
Re: tough scenario, I can certainly see your point, but then it becomes a case of "what is a tough scenario". Note the sport ute in front of the big truck: I talked to them, and they, too, had a 'tough scenario': a large box (a computer, I think) that she had to pay for and move to the vehicle. I'm sure the truck driver was loading/ unloading something, and I guess the store doesn't have a loading zone. Yes, it certainly is a tough scenario, but one easily extrapolated to, say, courier companies: THEY have a tough scenario too, having to rapidly deliver packages all over the place.
I guess it comes down to the fact that, in the big picture, we can't just put in bike lanes without allowing for the wheels of commerce (and, sadly, car culture) to churn. There SHOULD be a place (or an allowance of some sort made) for this truck, for courier companies, and for people picking up computers. And it has to be enforced That said, in my opinion, there is: like you said, the side street. Trouble is, it's a pain in the buttocks: it might be *gasp* a few stores over from the one you want to go in. And once the truck (or the courier co., or the consumer...) goes up that street, they then have to negotiate the maze of one-way streets to get BACK onto College. So they don't, they park in the bike lane, and they make life unpleasant (for me) or extraordinarily dangerous (for beginner/ young/ frightened cyclists).
Ah, but I do go on and on :) *sigh*
Posted on Wed, Jul 18 2007 at 03:12 PM
Oh, and yes, props to the driver for at the very least pulling over as far as s/he could :)