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hdhcnsnd t1_jby5ev3 wrote

Reply to comment by PettyAndretti in Phila Parks & Rec installing “barriers” along Kelly Drive right now 👏🏼 by PettyAndretti

While biking the SRT I had a car cross over the path while driving on the grass nearly hit me.

They stopped right before and then just laid on their horn. Like are you fucking kidding me?

The entitlement of drivers in this city in particular is uniquely out of control.

I think it mostly circles back to years of 0 enforcement. Cops could make a killing on moving violations at just about any intersection in the city.

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DangerPeace209 t1_jby7onq wrote

I was hit by an atv on the path, flew thru the air & broke my clavicle. Had to walk home (police met me there) covered in grass, sod & blood.

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Manowaffle t1_jby86g9 wrote

Almost got run over by a guy driving his atv at speed DOWN THE SIDEWALK!

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poopfeast t1_jbzokmh wrote

Posted about it a couple years ago, after one of their buddies died they had a ride through lemon hill and those assholes almost ran over me and my two dogs walking on the sidewalk. I fell and clutched the both of them as tight as I could as dozens of atvs luckily rode around us while my dogs lost their shit.

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tharussianphil t1_jbz7ciw wrote

I fantasize about breaking the mirror off one of those cars and biking away on a trail lol

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PettyAndretti OP t1_jbzubzb wrote

As a fellow avid cyclist from EF, same. Driving or biking by the trail every day and seeing cars on the grass evokes a visceral rage with in me to the point that I want to damage one. My therapist says that I shouldn’t care but…

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tharussianphil t1_jbzuma6 wrote

I honestly wouldn't care that much if you could actually make eye contact with the drivers and know that they saw you and they're waving you past. But it's always some fucking nissan altima with blacked out limo tint, but you can still see the phone screen in their hand through it!

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mortgagepants t1_jc22ngf wrote

i would be fine if they closed one lane to traffic and let people park on the road. but that will somehow be a crazier suggestion than preventing people from parking on the grass.

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lordredsnake t1_jc5itun wrote

There is ALWAYS parking available in Fountain Green. People are just too damn lazy to walk an extra 100 yards and have to wait for the light to change.

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mortgagepants t1_jc6n37t wrote

ahh ok- i never pay much attention because i'm usually on my bike or on foot.

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Wolfwags t1_jbyqyao wrote

More cops enforcing petty traffic violations means less cops who are able to focus on the whole violent crime epidemic that this city is caught in. They’ve got much bigger fish to fry than a guy rolling through a stop sign.

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MHM5035 t1_jbyv2de wrote

Except they don’t seem to be doing that either.

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poopfeast t1_jbzop3w wrote

Cops already don’t give a shit about violent crime.

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