Some things I see daily on NYC mean streets
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Some things I see daily on NYC mean streets
I ride in New York City for many years, and there area few things which I see regularly that can create some puckering up:
1) Cars in reverse heading the wrong way down a one way street
2) Bicycles riding INTO traffic with apparent impunity at 15 to 20 MPH
3) 4 cars wide jammed into 3 lanes (there are no lanes here on avenues really you don't split lanes - you make your own and it is always as wide as you are)
4) Dudeswith loaded hand trucks heading the wrong way who can't see over the boxes
5) miles of steel plates -greasy when dry and impossible when wet.
6) Double parked cars
I would say I see all of things on the same ride about 80% of the time. I see a bike coming straight at me EVERY single day more than once. If you lane split to shortcut to a light, you need to be ready for something with the same idea. Bikes materialize from the ether sometimes, and there are no rules for them - Imagine one coming from the sidewalk into your lane at 10 MPH while you are going 30. You have to pry yourself off of that seat!
I am going to try to borrow my buddies helm cam sometime. this is a trip.
1) Cars in reverse heading the wrong way down a one way street
2) Bicycles riding INTO traffic with apparent impunity at 15 to 20 MPH
3) 4 cars wide jammed into 3 lanes (there are no lanes here on avenues really you don't split lanes - you make your own and it is always as wide as you are)
4) Dudeswith loaded hand trucks heading the wrong way who can't see over the boxes
5) miles of steel plates -greasy when dry and impossible when wet.
6) Double parked cars
I would say I see all of things on the same ride about 80% of the time. I see a bike coming straight at me EVERY single day more than once. If you lane split to shortcut to a light, you need to be ready for something with the same idea. Bikes materialize from the ether sometimes, and there are no rules for them - Imagine one coming from the sidewalk into your lane at 10 MPH while you are going 30. You have to pry yourself off of that seat!
I am going to try to borrow my buddies helm cam sometime. this is a trip.
I have to say it is small town or country living and driving for me..Was born in Detroit and left before I was old enough..
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Saw this video of one intersection in New York filed over a period of time and all the crazy **** that goes on.
http://vimeo.com/24572222
http://vimeo.com/24572222
Last edited by Dan28; Jun 10, 2011 at 02:42 PM.
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The intersection in that video is about 27th Street and park avenue south, about 10 blocks from where I work. also on park ave south. Everything you see there is typical.
The pedestrian element is a whole other dimension, but they respect traffic more than bicycles.
Anytime I approach one of these intersections with throngs of people ready to cross at the first chance, a crack of the throttle will "part the seas." Usually a bunch of heads turn and they retreat back to the sidewalk for a minute. Loud pipes save lives.
The pedestrian element is a whole other dimension, but they respect traffic more than bicycles.
Anytime I approach one of these intersections with throngs of people ready to cross at the first chance, a crack of the throttle will "part the seas." Usually a bunch of heads turn and they retreat back to the sidewalk for a minute. Loud pipes save lives.
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Weny there a few years ago and if the traffic dont scare hockey pucks out of you the cabbies will.
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It used to be quite interesting for me going into NYC with either a 48' reefer or a 48' deck. I hauled produce into there and seafood out with the box and I hauled a good percentage of the structural steel for one of the lighthouses out Long Island way.
Unfortunately, I was also one of the drivers who hauled a reefer for recovery purposes and cadaver pouches into the 9/11 site in the days following - never forget the sights and smells that day...
That was my last trip to New York.
Unfortunately, I was also one of the drivers who hauled a reefer for recovery purposes and cadaver pouches into the 9/11 site in the days following - never forget the sights and smells that day...
That was my last trip to New York.
