Comments on: This Just In: Bicycle Coalition Blasts Proposed New Bills — “These Bills Won’t Make Philadelphia’s Streets Safer”

By: A Feculent Rainbow

A Feculent Rainbow — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:33:15 +0000

I hope/suspect that you’re right, Splasher.

However, you can you not cede a little credence to those who call bullshit for tripling fines when simply enforcing preexisting laws should suffice?

By: arcticsplasher

arcticsplasher — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:34:25 +0000

Talk about mountains and molehills. Look, one of the best things about Philly is that stupid laws are almost never enforced. Its like marijuna – illegal, with fines and jail times to back it up, but unless you flaunt it, few cops here are going to bother busting you.

So, everyone chill out. Even if DiCicco/Kenney’s stupid bills become law, no one will follow or enforce them, leaving us right where we are now, which is on the whole, a pretty easy and safe town for biking, driving, skating, and walking.

Move to NYC if you like gestapo cops who enforce nitpicking laws.

By: A Feculent Rainbow

A Feculent Rainbow — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:56:50 +0000

@ [Philly-centric-food] the [specific-perpetrator-of-violent acts]:

Wanna fight?

I threw out exactly one ‘strawman’ and called out Feliatrix for bullshit, reactionary logic. With all due respect, your gross generalization of yesterday’s thread is 800lb, bedridden man of intellectuality.

That being said, I’ll meet you by the monkey bars at 5pm.

By: bmurray

bmurray — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:20:28 +0000

“The first step toward safer streets is equitable and consistent enforcement of traffic laws as they apply to all road users.”

Speaks volumes.

By: amc4232

amc4232 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:20:56 +0000

As far as enforcement of laws for bikers, it’s exactly the same process as giving citations to pedestrians for things like jaywalking. Yes, the police never ever do it in Philly, but they can if they chose to enforce it. And it doesn’t require pedestrians to register their shoes. Same deal for bikers.

By: expat attack

expat attack — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:57:56 +0000

@Black (jack) Taco the Eviscerator!

Agreed to a point. There’s an large class of citizenry in Philly who emulate bike couriers both in appearance and riding style. Regardless of how much a bike courier, or those pretending to be one, stick out, cops will still put the hammer down on riders if suits them.

I’m hoping for pedestrian license plates personally. I’d like to see all the idiots standing in between opposing lanes of traffic on East Market St while trying to cross in the middle of the block be hauled off to hard labor.

By: Black (jack) Taco the Eviscerator!

Black (jack) Taco the Eviscerator! — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:43:47 +0000

Ah, bike couriers are in a bit of a different pickle since the nature of their jobs allegedly “requires” them to get their deliveries to their destination by any means neccesary … or so said a caller “debating” the Bicycle Coaltion’s lip service for traffic law compliance last week on WHYY.

They’re easy to spot and easy to tag. Most cyclists don’t ride like bike couriers.

By: RamMan

RamMan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:40:24 +0000

I’m a Philly cyclists for over twenty years and born and raised here, Its all bullsheet man! The rules are simple Dont mutha F-ing ever hit anyone, if you do own up like man!!! Franky D on city council needs to go! He stands on the pulpit with a money bag and has deaf ears. City streets are dangerous for all, look both ways and you’ll be ok!!!

By: expat attack

expat attack — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:24:21 +0000

@Black (jack) Taco the Eviscerator!

Having worked for three years at the largest courier company in Philly (which shall go unnamed for no particular reason), I can assure you I’ve known many a biker who has been ticketed. University City police, and their bike cops in particular, are the most aggressive, but it can happen anywhere.

By: Black (jack) Taco the Eviscerator!

Black (jack) Taco the Eviscerator! — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:17:14 +0000

@expat, so by great bureaucratic expense you’re saying it’s a jobs program? I’m totally putting in for Bicycle Registrar.

But, seriously, the police nab people for bike violations? I mean, besides that one guy on South Street? I knew they could do it, but unless real damage has been done, I wouldn’t have seen police bother, ‘less you pissed ‘em off in some fashion.