Comment on In New York City, Drivers Who Run Red Lights Get Tickets. E-Bike Riders Get Court Dates.

• Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’m curious what’s the double standard here?

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  • forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Well, I can easily identify two. The standards applied to cyclists versus motorists, as well as the fact that commercial vehicles be civilian makes no difference. At least from your description.

    Separate from that is the general problem that couriers are essentially coerced into behaving so irresponsibly by corporate greed, bit that’s a whole other can of worms of course.

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    • Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      ah that makes sense thank you, I’ll clarify it some. I didn’t specifically say so but, I don’t personally agree that it should be biker vs car enforcement based, I’m just glad they are doing /something/ about the bikers whom seem to had been just ignored previously.

      As for commercial vs personal, I do think it would be better to impose stricter penalty for commercial though, as like you said there is higher incentive to cut corners/break laws, which means the same penalty doesn’t weigh as much when it’s getting you more money or making you look better for a larger company.

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      • forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Thank you for the additional clarification. And naturally, potentially mitigating solutions such as bike lanes are so often demonized in our society, not because it actually causes disruptions to traffic, though; I figure it really is all about drivers getting jealous because they see people on bicycles not getting stuck in traffic (in my not so humble opinion). Not to mention how many violations of basic road safety and laws get handwaved because “they need their car”.

        But I do agree that endangering pedestrians is no solution. I guess it infuriates me that real solutions are ignored/refused for such ridiculous reasons.

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