Quote Originally Posted by Thorn View Post
Agreed as long as treatment is equal. Within the state, a cyclist got doored. While in the ER, the police stopped by to deliver her ticket for failing to yield 3 feet when passing a parked vehicle.

While I agree, she probably violated the 3-foot passing rule, the car driver that opened the door was not also ticketed for obstructing traffic--the ticket that is supposed to be issued to any car that opens a door into traffic.

Yep, ticket for violating traffic laws, but ticket equally. Oh, and disclaimer--I never run stop lights, but I will roll stop signs if there are no cars and I have full visibility when approaching the intersection. Should I be ticketed for those? Yes, by the letter of the law, but so should the cars that go through faster than I and, due to the nature of their vehicle don't have the same visibility.
that ticks me off. sorry. but it is a damned if you do, damned if you don't. if you ride in the lane, everyone gets ticked off at you, cabs brush against you, and you are in danger of obstructing traffic in that sense also. If you go as far to the right as possible, which in DC makes you practically a curb rider- our lanes get so narrow, you get doored and blamed for it. Also, what is with the cars that have to drive 2 feet more to the right of everyone else? you aren't passing, you aren't turning. What are you doing? I know what the legal rules are for riding in DC, but I would like a little space and respect as a bicyclist/ person.

(sorry for the aggression/ cursing in this post)

Last weekend, I spoke with a park ranger about ticketing on the capital crescent because of aggressive bikers that are biking dangerously as well as inciting violence (i believe this goes both ways with runners, according to the story she told). Currently the city is giving warnings to bikers on the Mt. Vernon trail. If we don't watch our act, the same thing will happen to there. I would like to be able to bike without being endangered, so please mind your biking manners everyone!

ps I was biking downtown today. don't tell my mother