new riding obstacle

Callistus Valerius said:

When I ride I occasionaly see a broken down car in the bike lane, and make
my way around it. But now I'm seeing dozens of abandoned cars. No flat
tires, not junkers, just cars parked and abandoned in the bike lanes. I was
thinking what is this all about, until the other day I saw a guy with a
siphon hose. I remembered a scene from an old movie called the Battle of
the Bulge, and it dawned on me...........these abandoned cars have run out
of gas.

syphon hose, as in he was draining the abandoned cars?

Hmm...... I never thought of that.

later,

tom

Hiya C.V.!
You might want to write down the location, make, model, color and
license plate numbers of these obstacles, then call the local police
and see what they think. Especially if you emphasize they're a hazard
to cyclists. It took a couple of weeks, but I MAY have gotten a few
people who liked to park in the bike lanes by my commute home to change
their ways. That, or they don't work there anymore...

Robert Leone [email hidden]

Quoted message said:

Hiya C.V.!
You might want to write down the location, make, model, color and
license plate numbers of these obstacles, then call the local police
and see what they think. Especially if you emphasize they're a hazard
to cyclists. It took a couple of weeks, but I MAY have gotten a few
people who liked to park in the bike lanes by my commute home to change
their ways. That, or they don't work there anymore...

Robert Leone [email hidden]

These cars are in the middle on nowhere, so it's not a parking
situation. The highway patrol tags them, but they are not tagged, which
makes me think again it's an out of gas problem, because the cars that have
mechanical problems get tagged because they sit there longer. Like I said,
the number of abandoned cars or cars with someone sitting in them waiting
for someone, has spiked with the gas price spike.

Callistus Valerius said:

Quoted message said:

Hiya C.V.!
You might want to write down the location, make, model, color and
license plate numbers of these obstacles, then call the local police
and see what they think. Especially if you emphasize they're a hazard
to cyclists. It took a couple of weeks, but I MAY have gotten a few
people who liked to park in the bike lanes by my commute home to
change their ways. That, or they don't work there anymore...

Robert Leone [email hidden]

These cars are in the middle on nowhere, so it's not a parking
situation. The highway patrol tags them, but they are not tagged,
which makes me think again it's an out of gas problem, because the
cars that have mechanical problems get tagged because they sit there
longer. Like I said, the number of abandoned cars or cars with
someone sitting in them waiting for someone, has spiked with the gas
price spike.

Unfortunately you can't wean 'em. ;^)

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