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Prospect Park is one way for bikes — Brooklynian

Prospect Park is one way for bikes

ringrunner
ringrunner
edited November -1 in Park Slope
I actually saw a guy got stopped by the cops this morning.

The cops just told him to turn around, the road is one way for bikes. When he did not and started a sentence with "But, I....", the cops got out of their car.

I don't know if they gave him a ticket or worse, I just kept running.

Maybe they will go after litterbugs too!

Comments

  • tybur6
    tybur6
    That's effing ridiculous... I wonder if they've EVER pulled over a car (M-F) driving at 50 mph through the park. So stupid.
  • youbetcha
    youbetcha
    Surprised he wasn't tazed.

    Meanwhile what about the people running and walking the "wrong" way? Who actually gets to hug the inside lane? The people going the "right" way or those going the "wrong" way?
  • vidro3
    vidro3
    over enforce the petty, under enforce the serious.
  • joncane
    joncane
    vidro3 wrote: over enforce the petty, under enforce the serious.
    it's not petty if you've been injured by a cyclist going the wrong way. I've seen it happen several times. Clearly it's not the most severe infraction in the park, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be enforced. I'm a cyclist who has logged thousands of miles in the park and I applaud the effort.
  • felbrigge psalter
    felbrigge psalter
    Joggers are allowed to go both directions; this is to avoid injury. It's best to alternate; if you always run the same direction, one leg is always landing higher than the other, due to the cant or "camber" of the road. This is why the signs in the park that designate the lanes have directional arrows for cars and bikes, but not for foot traffic.

    That being said, when I run clockwise, or against the traffic, I always make a point of getting out of people's way going the other direction.
  • ringrunner
    ringrunner
    vidro3 wrote: over enforce the petty, under enforce the serious.
    ya gotta start somewhere.
  • mougar
    mougar
    I wonder if this is the same cop who nearly ran us over on the last midnight ride going 50mph the wrong way
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Mougar wrote: I wonder if this is the same cop who nearly ran us over on the last midnight ride going 50mph the wrong way
    +1
  • christina
    christina
    BTW the next midnight ride should be clockwise...
  • dw438
    dw438
    But one can spark up a charcoal grill under a 150-year-old tree, and leave garbage all over the place ... and not get cited. Hmm ...
  • christina
    christina
    There's a theme here. Clockwise midnight rides followed by BBQs. See separate thread(s)
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    agreed
  • vanilla
    vanilla
    fine the litterbugs, PLEASE.
  • idlewild
    idlewild
    I agree with the cops. I also agree about the litterbugs and the speedy cars. Fine them too.
  • rezist
    rezist
    ...and packs of bikers can blow red lights at 30 mph with impunity, threatening pedestrians, while the majority of cars smash the speed limit threatening both cyclists and pedestrians.
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    i would so stay out of this, going to turn into

    bike vs ped vs runners.
  • unrepentant fenian
    unrepentant fenian
    Sounds like the cops gave him the opportunity to turn around and be on his way but he decided to argue the point and lost. Lesson learned here is do what the guy with the gun and badge says.
  • meredithb
    meredithb
    If the bike was going the wrong way during car permitted hours then OK, but any other time, it's a free for all IMO.
  • christina
    christina
    Next up: ticketing everyone who doesn't stop at the red traffic lights in the park, cyclists and pedestrians.
  • ringrunner
    ringrunner
    MeredithB wrote: If the bike was going the wrong way during car permitted hours then OK, but any other time, it's a free for all IMO.
    That might be your opinion, but it is not the law.
  • drunken revival
    drunken revival
    This thread sucks...

    You people love complaining.... first you're all down on bums jerking off on 4th Ave... now you're being fucking nazis about an arbitrary direction?

    Give me a break.
  • doo
    doo
    I think we can all agree that the real troublemakers on the loop are 1) cars, 2) people who don't use the loop on a regular basis and don't know the rules (official and unofficial), and 3) people who take themselves way too seriously, are overprotective of their space, and refuse to give an inch to anyone under any circumstances.

    Not that I think any of these things are going to go away any time soon. That's why I just avoid the loop during peak-hours. Especially since, like the person above, I run the "wrong" direction 50% of the time. For me, trying to run clockwise during a peak-time is more aggravation than it's worth.
  • partoftheproblem
    partoftheproblem
    ...and yet [some type of authority figure or two-dimensional neighborhood stereotype] gets away with [petty gripe, petty gripe].
  • new2hood
    new2hood
    So, I really just want to know the rules. What are they exactly? B/c, if I want to come back to PS from the tennis courts, can I not ride my bike in the loop? Must I always run W to E in the park?
  • vidro3
    vidro3
    yes, the park drive goes west --> east aka counterclockwise for bikes at all times.

    you can jog walk skip or hop in any direction.
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