Wizard Marks:
Bicycles, in my often aghast observation, seldom stop for red lights and stop signs, ride on the sidewalks, will ride against the traffic, and, even with bike lanes clearly marked, will insist on riding on the other side of the street where no bike lane is marked or expected. They have no headlights or tail lights, nor do they wear reflective clothing uniformly.
Whereas it is true that bicycles behave erratically I would argue that the only person they're endangering is themselves - a big difference from cars that behave erratically. That doesn't justify the behavior, but it does cast it in a different light.
The issue at hand, however, was the Hennepin Avenue bike lanes. In my experience, cars have largely decided they don't exist. For example, on more then one occasion I've been cruising down those bike lanes only to have a car pull out in front of me from behind a bus. Since the cars don't even belong in the bus lines it is quite disconcerting to have these idiots come from where they shouldn't be and pull into where they don't belong. This is on top of the fact that numerous drivers decide that those nicely separated bike lanes are there for times when traffic is backed up and they want to turn left. I have noticed, however, that it is generally SUV drivers that exhibit these behaviors. I'll leave it to others to ascertain why.
Jim McGuire
Como
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