Keep that head on a swivel (or just brake at red lights). via Flickr user Juan José Richards Echeverría Getting a ticket for running a red light on your bike isn’t fun for anyone. You think it’s too expensive and hate having to pay it, people not on bikes hate you and wish you physical harm, the immortal dance continues unabated. If you’d like to avoid getting roped into said dance, we have some advice for you: stay the hell out of Fort Greene for the foreseeable future, because DNA Info reports police there are promoting a dubious crackdown on cyclists. Just in time for Bike Month! Summons for scofflaw cyclists shot up in Fort Greene, from 2 last year to 14 this year in the last 28 days, and based on what Captain Benjamin Lee told DNA Info, things aren’t cooling down anytime soon. Lee complained that he saw cyclists breaking… Read More
Keep that head on a swivel (or just brake at red lights). via Flickr user Juan José Richards Echeverría Getting a ticket for running a red light on your bike isn’t fun for anyone. You think it’s too expensive and hate having to pay it, people not on bikes hate you and wish you physical harm, the immortal dance continues unabated. If you’d like to avoid getting roped into said dance, we have some advice for you: stay the hell out of Fort Greene for the foreseeable future, because DNA Info reports police there are promoting a dubious crackdown on cyclists. Just in time for Bike Month! Summons for scofflaw cyclists shot up in Fort Greene, from 2 last year to 14 this year in the last 28 days, and based on what Captain Benjamin Lee told DNA Info, things aren’t cooling down anytime soon. Lee complained that he saw cyclists breaking… Read More