3.11.2010

Car driving in a bike/parking lane

Car driving in a bike/parking lane, blowing through a crosswalk at high speed against the light on Fremont Ave.

This driver pulled out of the car lane to speed through a crosswalk while driving in a combined bike lane/ parking lane. There were children the crosswalk at the time going to school. The crosswalk is in a school zone. This driver committed a bunch of infractions and risked the safety of all around them. Why? So they could speed forward a few hundred feet, slam on the brakes to avoid hitting a parked car (It's a parking lane, remember?) then crowd back into the driving lane. Nuts, just nuts. SDOT has planned improvements to that area, and they can't come too soon. It's bad enough when bikes blow through that crosswalk. That kind of driver behavior is going to kill someone.

This isn't Paris.

Actual sign in Seattle. Seattle is not Paris. In Paris, people let their dogs poop everywhere, and the city cleans the streets every night. In Seattle, people let their dogs poop everywhere, but the city never cleans the streets. Ever.

3.01.2010

Chilly Hilly



Did the course twice, each time in about two hours. A very nice day.