Bike lane parking PSA
Please please please don’t ever park like this. It is incredibly dangerous for so many people using the bike lane, especially on the 4th and on such a busy road (Dexter Ave). This person literally parallel parked and wedged themselves between the bus stop and the curb right in the bike lane at the bottom of a hill.
I crashed my bike, chipped my tooth, and scraped my face. I would just like to sincerely say fuck you to this person. Happy 250.
Reposting my comment here since so many folks keep insinuating that I’m blind or stupid. I did not run into the car, but crashed trying to avoid it.
I take this road almost everyday and am pretty accustomed to seeing parked cars cutting it pretty close at this part of the bike lane, but have never seen anyone THIS parked into the bike lane. Again this is at the bottom of a hill, so I was probably going at least 20 miles per hour when I saw the car, thought I would be able to maneuver left like usual, and then panic tried to hop the curb on the right since I was going too fast to stop by the time I realized I would not be able to maneuver left.
I am just tired of our bike lanes being overlooked, ignored, and abused because it can become so dangerous so quickly. People need to take bike lanes more seriously.