• NYPD Commissioner writes on electric two wheelers

    From AMuzi@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 15 10:41:30 2025
    Ms Tisch herself penned this:

    https://nypost.com/2025/05/14/opinion/reckless-e-bikers-are-a-menace-how-nypd-is-cracking-down/

    Notable reader comment:
    Actual "CYCLIST" here.. I've been cycling on an actual pedal
    bike for 50+ years. Over that time, I've come to learn that
    everyone hates anyone on a bicycle and that the only way to
    combat that hatred is to be an ambassador for cycling by,
    being courteous and obeying all of the rules. I've spent all
    of this time acquiring the etiquette that allows me to
    intertwine with vehicles and pedestrians and appear as
    innocuous as I can. So, introduce E-bikes and the Nouveau
    Cycliste and their new found luxury of a bike with a motor
    offering them the ability to pretend to be actual cyclist.
    They abuse all of the rules, have no sense of the etiquette
    for which I speak and care about no one but themselves. I
    hate them! I detest them! I don't acknowledge them! They are
    the new menace to anyone who encounters them.



    --
    Andrew Muzi
    am@yellowjersey.org
    Open every day since 1 April, 1971

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  • From Catrike Ryder@21:1/5 to AMuzi on Thu May 15 11:51:39 2025
    On Thu, 15 May 2025 10:41:30 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    Ms Tisch herself penned this:

    https://nypost.com/2025/05/14/opinion/reckless-e-bikers-are-a-menace-how-nypd-is-cracking-down/

    Notable reader comment:
    Actual "CYCLIST" here.. I've been cycling on an actual pedal
    bike for 50+ years. Over that time, I've come to learn that
    everyone hates anyone on a bicycle and that the only way to
    combat that hatred is to be an ambassador for cycling by,
    being courteous and obeying all of the rules. I've spent all
    of this time acquiring the etiquette that allows me to
    intertwine with vehicles and pedestrians and appear as
    innocuous as I can. So, introduce E-bikes and the Nouveau
    Cycliste and their new found luxury of a bike with a motor
    offering them the ability to pretend to be actual cyclist.
    They abuse all of the rules, have no sense of the etiquette
    for which I speak and care about no one but themselves. I
    hate them! I detest them! I don't acknowledge them! They are
    the new menace to anyone who encounters them.

    I agree.

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

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