Moving Van in Bike Lane

[dasgeh]

Starting riding in Charlotte, NC. Always wore helmets, which was good because I thought I could do tricks on the bike. I had free reign in our neighborhood, but was not (supposed) to cross the busy roads bounding the neighborhood.

Sometimes we’d ride places as a family, but using the sidewalks along busy roads.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@kwarkentien 124603 wrote:

Wow! This turned into a giant brouhaha. I simply pointed this out and asked if there was another reporting mechanism besides 558-2222 (aka “the nonemergency number” for PD/FD/EMS which is actually answered by 911 dispatchers at ECC just like an emergency call, hence my refusal to report it that way since it doesn’t at all rise to that level). These guys weren’t breakfasting, had the truck roll up door up with the lift gate down, and were preparing to ostensibly load/unload stuff even though the alley and loading dock were merely feet away from them. It just pissed me off. I rode around them, no BFD, but that doesn’t excuse it. They were setting up for what looked like several hours there (there were like 6-8 guys with that truck) and I found that to be poor planning and placement on their part to do whatever silly-assed job they were there for. (It was an office moving truck as I recall.) But again, all I asked is if there is something akin to the web 311 system DC uses to report such crap. That’s it kids. Oy!

If I didn’t know better, I’d say “you must be new here.”

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