Brooklyn cyclists continue to rip through Prospect Park

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Brooklyn cyclists continue to rip through Prospect Park at unsafe speeds despite crackdown
Two women were nearly killed in collisions with bicyclists in Prospect Park in the last six months — but that hasn't slowed down riders, the Daily News has found.

A reporter with a radar gun clocked bikers going as fast as 31 mph — even through a red light at a crosswalk — on the often-crowded drive that loops the Brooklyn park.

The speed limit for cars and bikes in the park is 25 mph, although signs at park entrances incorrectly state that it's 15 mph.

During a four-hour period last weekend, eight out of about 50 bikers spotted by The News surpassed the higher speed limit. Nearly all ran red lights, though some slowed down.

The NYPD has ticketed just 22 cyclists in the park all year. Most were riding the wrong way; five were cited for "reckless operation."

 

[Nick C.]

These sorts of propoganda articles that the Post and News put are are really just awful. Yes a woman was injured, but over the weekend two cyclists were seriously injured when hit by a car in northern NJ. No articles or editorials on evil selfish car drivers. Anyone that raises the issue that paying attention applies equally to pedestrians and bicyclists is considered a monster. I just don't get it in the land of "obesity crisis" and "need health care reform" you would think people would not be so vehemently anti but then again maybe that explains the first part of the sentence. What would be nice is if there were a counterpoint out there.

 

[Caruut]

These sorts of propoganda articles that the Post and News put are are really just awful. Yes a woman was injured, but over the weekend two cyclists were seriously injured when hit by a car in northern NJ. No articles or editorials on evil selfish car drivers. Anyone that raises the issue that paying attention applies equally to pedestrians and bicyclists is considered a monster. I just don't get it in the land of "obesity crisis" and "need health care reform" you would think people would not be so vehemently anti but then again maybe that explains the first part of the sentence. What would be nice is if there were a counterpoint out there.

We get the same kind of BS in the UK, papers running a shock story whenever someone gets a lightly stubbed toe because a cyclist shocks them. Stories in a popular cycling area in the South about the evil cyclists riding in large groups, slowing down traffic, the police even put signs up threatening £1000 fines (it isn't against the law). Ultimately it comes down to writing what sells, sadly. A car crash is taken to be a sort of inevitable tragedy for the unlucky few, no-one gets angry (obviously the driver never wanted to crash!). A bike crashing into someone is somehow preventable and entirely the fault of the cyclist, and lets motorists get angry about arrogant cyclists, hence selling papers. It's a disgrace.

 

[leftover pie]

Ultimately it comes down to writing what sells, sadly.

i've found particularly with on-line editions of newspapers, where more hits = more $$

one single "cyclists run red lights and take up space on our roads without paying for it" article can generate hundreds of comments in a single day.

each comment posted would = 5 page views at least by whoever posted it, and then more page views checking back later to see if it was posted, and then more page views arguing with the next idiot that disagreed with them.\

more page views => more advertising => more ducketts

like shooting fish in a barrel.

 

[Quixote]

i've found particularly with on-line editions of newspapers, where more hits = more $$

one single "cyclists run red lights and take up space on our roads without paying for it" article can generate hundreds of comments in a single day.

each comment posted would = 5 page views at least by whoever posted it, and then more page views checking back later to see if it was posted, and then more page views arguing with the next idiot that disagreed with them.\

more page views => more advertising => more ducketts

like shooting fish in a barrel.

Man bites dog sells papers...simple. However, that doesn't mean that the man who bites dogs doesn't need some correction.