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Originally Posted by Echo Park
Hey guy, this is a photo thread, not city discussion. Take your troll style baiting somewhere else. I don't have to argue or debate with anyone in a photo thread.
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So why did you reply?
You seem to be the troll. I have simply stated what they are doing is against the law and potentially dangerous....not to mention giving other bike riders a bad rap.
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Originally Posted by fever
Some rules are poorly thought out. Walk your bike signs on a main bike route lasting for a few hundred feet are one example of a poorly thought out rule. It's not clear why this rule even exists as breaking it doesn't risk anyone's safety.
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Because it is dangerous to mix pedestrians and bikes due to the unpredictable nature of pedestrians and bike riders (not my idea btw, it is the reason it is illegal to ride on ANY sidewalk in the GVRD). Bikes are classified virtually identically to cars, where you have the privileges of a car (plus the use of bike lanes and specialized detour routes) and the responsibility of a car.
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Originally Posted by fever
Motorists also routinely break rules, especially speed limits, stopping at stop signs and red lights, using the bike/bus lane on the Cambie bridge, etc. Sometimes these rules exist for safety, like speed limits in school zones, and sometimes they don't seem to have any particular purpose, like speed limits on rural freeways.
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Of course they do; however, only a few percent do it...compared to more than 90% during this event. Regardless, the police will fine these people and take away their license if needed. However, they do nothing about aggressive and dangerous bike riders...nor can they ban them from riding a bike if need be.
And the rules you listed a quite minor, and are nothing like willfully blocking intersections (preventing emergency traffic, etc), going down the wrong way in traffic, and others which are very serious safety issues.
If these people had a permit and had streets blocked off, it wouldn't be an issue at all. Instead, they choose to create traffic chaos and become very confrontational.