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DirectorBeneficial48 t1_j7zx34a wrote

The fact that you're aware of all the problems simply means you're a person cognizant of their surroundings. It's not the fault of a driver or a person on a bike, it's the fault of humanity as a whole.

Earlier this week, I was riding on my bike - in the bike lane (left side of the street) - getting close to an intersection (9th and Monmouth). A car speeds up in front of me, makes a left turn going the wrong way down a one way street (9th) to drive about 30 feet to pull into a parking lot.

People are fucking stupid. It shouldn't be this way, but it is.

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cC2Panda t1_j8058p7 wrote

>it's the fault of humanity as a whole.

It's very much made worse by a small select group of giant assholes. Just the other day I told off a stupid ass soccer mom who was rolling quickly through every single stop sign in Paulus Hook including going past 2 schools in session. She didn't stop for people on corners walking, cars already stopped at other stop signs already, etc.

She is a serious danger to everyone especially children and if I see her roll through stop signs again I will 100% publicly shame her on repeat since I know where she parks.

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el_tigrox t1_j80i1rq wrote

As a fellow neighbor, appreciate it. The intersections here are definitely scary as hell, especially at night when you really can’t be sure if someone is going to bomb through and kill you while walking.

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