This dude got fined $50 for not riding his bike in the bike lane. The officer told him he ALWAYS needed to be in a bike lane. So he tried. And we spit out our coffee. (via)
I spent the weekend riding my bike throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn a few months ago. Besides cars and objects blocking the lanes, I found pedestrians were the worst offenders. At one point on First Ave., a distracted teenager stepped right in my (wide, green-painted bike) path, I stopped short of just taking his balls off with my bike tire. As he stood there mouth gaping with the tire between his legs, another bicyclist hit me from behind.
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