08-23-2006, 02:47 PM
I see drivers, pedestrians and cyclists break traffic rules here all the time.
Some of the worst offenders I've encountered were roller-bladers. I used to ride in Central Park, and once the roller bladers arrived, it stopped being fun and became a lot more hazardous. Even a single skater takes up a lot of room as he or she flails about from side to side. They tended to favor the middle of the road. When they were skating two or three abreast, it was often difficult to get around them safely.
Once a friend and I were rounding a corner at the north end of the park where cyclists are generally going fairly fast, and discovered that three jackasses on rollerblades had stopped just out of sight around the corner, and were spread out abreast of each other in the road, having a conversation. I yelled at them as I slammed on my brakes, and they started shouting abuse along the lines of F--k you, f--king bitches, etc. We tried to point out that what they were doing was dangerous, and they just got nastier.
A lot of the skaters were like that: clueless about park etiquette and hostile to those they endangered or inconvenienced.
Some of the worst offenders I've encountered were roller-bladers. I used to ride in Central Park, and once the roller bladers arrived, it stopped being fun and became a lot more hazardous. Even a single skater takes up a lot of room as he or she flails about from side to side. They tended to favor the middle of the road. When they were skating two or three abreast, it was often difficult to get around them safely.
Once a friend and I were rounding a corner at the north end of the park where cyclists are generally going fairly fast, and discovered that three jackasses on rollerblades had stopped just out of sight around the corner, and were spread out abreast of each other in the road, having a conversation. I yelled at them as I slammed on my brakes, and they started shouting abuse along the lines of F--k you, f--king bitches, etc. We tried to point out that what they were doing was dangerous, and they just got nastier.
A lot of the skaters were like that: clueless about park etiquette and hostile to those they endangered or inconvenienced.