Comments on Bike Jax: "Why You Shouldn't Ride Your Bike at Night"

If you can't see a cyclist at night how are yo...

2012-04-16T20:35:04.348-04:00

If you can't see a cyclist at night how are you even going to see a pedestrian you shouldn't be driving at night period

Since they cannot tell the difference between a pe...

2012-03-19T01:31:03.423-04:00

Since they cannot tell the difference between a pedastrian and a cyclist. Also IMHO all roadways should have their speed limits cut in half. Another opinion is that all officers should have their laptops removed from there consoles
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How foolish scoop! Before making any statement new...

2011-03-02T01:26:33.278-05:00

How foolish scoop! Before making any statement news medium must analyze the fact/news from every point of view then publish it. But instead of providing right information at right time most of the cases they mislead people.

@Dacius -- I do the same. This winter is my first...

2011-02-17T08:30:08.861-05:00

@Dacius -- I do the same. This winter is my first winter riding so it was a little intimadating at first but after I seen that the cars was actually making an effort not to hit me I figued I was as safe as I would be during the daylight hours. However as usual you get the mailbox on wheels harrasing you by blowing their horns and yelling at you. I wish there was a law against harrasing cyclist.

I have been biking in J'ville and OP for years...

2011-02-16T19:49:36.315-05:00

I have been biking in J'ville and OP for years now. I leave my house at 4:30 in the morning and get home around 6:30pm. So in the Winter I ride almost exclusively in the dark. If you have the lights, you are riding in the legal position (in the road...not skirting the edge), you got your lights on, and you pay attention to cars pulling out and in of driveways and cross roads then you are perfectly safe. More so in my opinion. During the blaze of summer, the sun can actually blind the cars, levying you more invisible than at night.

I have been riding my bike in J'ville at night...

2011-02-16T10:43:42.630-05:00

I have been riding my bike in J'ville at night for almost 30 years now, sans helmet, reflectors, and lights only when harassed by the Po-po, and have had one rule that has always kept me safe: "Ride Aggressively, assuming that the vehicle drivers are either blind, drunk, and/or morons." Aggressive riding means always being prepared to bail at a second's notice. I have been clipped MANY times, tossed, bumped, assaulted, screamed at, had things thrown at me from fast-moving vehicles, and have been repeatedly cut off by clueless or arrogant drivers who assumed that they had the right of way in violation of the law and my rights, despite the contrary, but here I remain. In that same 30ish years period of time, I have seen far too many "bike memorials" go up around this 'burg, one for a fellow night-rider nicknamed "Crazy Mary", who is still sorely missed. I think bike riders should automatically qualify for concealed weapons permits, so that we can defend ourselves from the daily barrage of a**holes trying to kill us on the road with vehicular homicide, some of them intentionally so.

Ah, good-ol' "Tabloid 12" strikes ag...

2011-02-16T10:36:33.886-05:00

Ah, good-ol' "Tabloid 12" strikes again! But then again, what do you expect from the Kings & Queens of local soap-opera "news" anchors, like the Deegan-Hicken adulterous love triangle nightmare? Take it back a few decades, and there was that awesome WEEK-LONG series (during 'sweeps week' of course!) dedicated to *gasp* "SATAN WORSHIP". Yeah, they went through all the trouble of showing the flaming graffiti on the walls of the Public School #4 building in 5-points Riverside, claiming that "Satanists" performed their deviant rituals there, COMPLETELY failing to take viewers into the very next room where graffiti of various Saints decorated the walls. Bang-up reporting as always, unless of course the story is Dan Hicken pulling into his driveway and finding Tim Deegan's car there!

Well I think that automobiles should not be drivin...

2011-02-15T16:39:00.189-05:00

Well I think that automobiles should not be driving at night for fear that they cannot see pedastrians crossing roadways. It is obvious that the people of WTLV have no business reporting on bicycle safety since they cannot tell the difference between a pedastrian and a cyclist. Also IMHO all roadways should have their speed limits cut in half. Another opinion is that all officers should have their laptops removed from there consoles. Most likly that officer was busy watching their computer screen instead of driving.

Interesting post, thanks for reflecting on this is...

2011-02-15T10:26:50.433-05:00

Interesting post, thanks for reflecting on this issue. I've never heard someone say "Thank a deity" before. I'm totally stealing that.