From what I read on their site last week, the time-limit (overtime fees
after 45 mins for yearly members and 30 mins for shorter term members)
would prevent one from taking out a bike for the evening (unless there
is a checkin/parking station near the other end).
I do know of people who have been charged with DWI while on bicycles...
I suppose the offense is functionally somewhere between "drunk and
disorderly" and "DWI"... Most (all?) places, (ridden) bicycles are
under the rules of automobiles (up to issues like bike lanes, etc)...
but at the same time, the *risk to others* from a bicycle is small, at
least compared to the risk to the cycler, except of course, compared to
pedestrians. I avoid riding among cars or pedestrians myself... for
just those reasons.
The image *is* a nice one, blue bikes receding into the distance!
Remember last week's "lesson" on bikes and nodes in New York City?
Here be an additional complication:
Riding Away From a Bar Crawl With Citi Bikes
Casey Kelbaugh for The New York Times
The blue bikes are late-night alternatives to the subway or a
taxi.
By SHEILA MARIKAR
*It started as a normal date night: Shawn, a bearded graduate
student who favors lumberjack plaid, went to Williamsburg for
dinner and drinks with his girlfriend. But instead of taking
the L train from their Chelsea apartment, they decided to ride
Citi Bikes there and back. *
A couple of cocktails at the Wythe Hotel led to beers at
Mable's Smokehouse and a nightcap at Post Office, a
dive-like whiskey bar. After four or five drinks, they
undocked a pair of blue bikes and rode home over the
Williamsburg Bridge.
*As usual, Shawn sped ahead, and as they ascended over the
East River, he turned around to see where his girlfriend was.
That's when he lost his balance, kicked his foot into a bridge
railing and broke his toe*
-tj
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