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December 18, 2013 at 4:15 pm #988865
cyclingfool
ParticipantLast night –
You: Unseen low-hanging branch along the sidewalk/trail along Ohio Dr around the Tidal Basin on my way to 14th St Bridge.
Me: Busy enjoying the snowflakes mixed in with the rain, paying attention to what was on the sidewalk.
You: Thwack!
Me: Glad I was wearing my helmet and glasses. That could really have hurt.
You II (NPS): Please keep the trees properly trimmed so that they’re not likely to hit cyclists and peds in the head as they go that way.December 18, 2013 at 4:17 pm #988866dbb
Participant@cyclingfool 72291 wrote:
Last night –
You: Unseen low-hanging branch along the sidewalk/trail along Ohio Dr around the Tidal Basin on my way to 14th St Bridge.
Me: Busy enjoying the snowflakes mixed in with the rain, paying attention to what was on the sidewalk.
You: Thwack!
Me: Glad I was wearing my helmet and glasses. That could really have hurt.
You II (NPS): Please keep the trees properly trimmed so that they’re not likely to hit cyclists and peds in the head as they go that way.That branch must be multi-lingual. It said “thump” to me when I discovered it as well last night.
December 18, 2013 at 4:17 pm #988867KLizotte
Participant^^^Yes, that branch almost took me out too last night! A last second head jerk saved me.
December 18, 2013 at 4:31 pm #988870dasgeh
Participant@jrenaut 72272 wrote:
I’m surprised you say R and S, because I rarely have a problem there. I’ve definitely seen it at both, but not recently. Maybe it’s light timing at different times of day? Most days I come through early, around 3pm.
My family was visiting and rented a (very lovely) with a great view of the light at 15th and S. Cars ran the red and turned left ALL THE TIME.
December 18, 2013 at 4:33 pm #988872Participant@KLizotte 72293 wrote:
^^^Yes, that branch almost took me out too last night! A last second head jerk saved me.
Just sent a note to the NPS on this one.
December 18, 2013 at 4:34 pm #988873Participant@dbb 72292 wrote:
That branch must be multi-lingual. It said “thump” to me when I discovered it as well last night.
@KLizotte 72293 wrote:
^^^Yes, that branch almost took me out too last night! A last second head jerk saved me.
Glad I wasn’t the only one then. I thought I must have really been in a daze and particularly inattentive, but I guess that was more to it than that.
December 18, 2013 at 4:52 pm #988879Participant@dbb 72298 wrote:
Just sent a note to the NPS on this one.
Got a response from the NPS in under 10 minutes! They are on the mission!
Hoping for a less eventful commute tonight.
December 18, 2013 at 4:58 pm #988881ParticipantYou: little white 2-door turning right from the I66 off ramp onto Lynn towards the Key Bridge.
Me: cyclist legally crossing with the turn signal, yelling when you started to go when I was a bike length away (and moving towards you)But wait! There is an ACPD officer right there! Hooray – finally a non-yielding jerk will pay for her…
Um, officer, that car just failed to yield. You were watching. You heard me yell…
So, yeah, more ACPD suckage. I went back to talk to the officer, who pulled someone else over (for what must have been a decal violation — I didn’t see that driver do anything wrong) so I would have to wait to talk to him. I summoned my inner Dirt quite well, but was met with arguments like I was not in danger and there was not a near miss. On top of it, I was told that it’s better to avoid such intersections (why, yes, I do except THIS ONE IS UNAVOIDABLE). All in all, it was a very disappointing encounter. I will be writing a letter (suggestions on where?).
On top of it, while the officer was with the not-safety-related violation, I witnessed three other cars fail to yield, one stopping only inches away from a bike’s wheel.
December 18, 2013 at 5:00 pm #988883Participant@dbb 72305 wrote:
Got a response from the NPS in under 10 minutes! They are on the mission!
Hoping for a less eventful commute tonight.
AWESOME! Thank you!
December 18, 2013 at 5:06 pm #988886
jrenautParticipant@dasgeh 72296 wrote:
My family was visiting and rented a (very lovely) with a great view of the light at 15th and S. Cars ran the red and turned left ALL THE TIME.
I would be thrilled if MPD came out to any of the 15th St intersections and ticketed anyone who ran the light using any means of transportation.
December 18, 2013 at 5:10 pm #988887TwoWheelsDC
Participant@dasgeh 72307 wrote:
On top of it, I was told that it’s better to avoid such intersections (why, yes, I do except THIS ONE IS UNAVOIDABLE).
It’s not even that it’s unavoidable…It’s the intersection of two signed bike routes and the junction of two MUPs!
About the only positive I can say about this is that, at least the times I’ve gone through, the cop’s presence usually tempers drivers’ behavior a bit.
December 18, 2013 at 5:27 pm #988891consularrider
Participant@TwoWheelsDC 72313 wrote:
It’s not even that it’s unavoidable…It’s the intersection of two signed bike routes and the junction of two MUPs!
About the only positive I can say about this is that, at least the times I’ve gone through, the cop’s presence usually tempers drivers’ behavior a bit.
Not so much this morning. Multiple cars running the red light from the I-66 ramp and heading north on Lynn (and several block the box infractions). The motorcycle officer did manage to block the left lane of Lynn north of Lee so that no one was using the left turn lane to get around the backed up traffic heading to Key Bridge.
December 18, 2013 at 5:34 pm #988894Subby
Participant@dasgeh 72307 wrote:
On top of it, I was told that it’s better to avoid such intersections.
Wow that is absolutely [expletive deleted] infuriating. Hey buddy, how about enforcing the laws and [expletive also deleted] sparing us your ill-informed opinion? This reminds me of the clueless ACPD’s response to one of us taking the lane over on N. Glebe.
December 18, 2013 at 5:44 pm #988896Participant@TwoWheelsDC 72313 wrote:
It’s not even that it’s unavoidable…It’s the intersection of two signed bike routes and the junction of two MUPs!
About the only positive I can say about this is that, at least the times I’ve gone through, the cop’s presence usually tempers drivers’ behavior a bit.
Those are my biggest problems with the encounter. (1) lots of people on staff at ArlCo have planned for this to be a bike route. ACPD shouldn’t be planning for bikes to avoid it.
(2) that driver just did that in front of a cop. She saw it and lots of other drivers saw it. Now they all think it’s ok to do. A cop sitting there but not pulling people over who fail to yield is worse than no cop at all.December 18, 2013 at 5:53 pm #988899Drewdane
Participant@Fast Friendly Guy 72250 wrote:
I thought it was “Tw@twhistle“
Tw@tfoghorn?
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