Rick Villa is the hero Colorado Spring Deserves

[WETWRKS]

So...in a city that is having speeding and crash problems the solution is to make the lanes smaller. Force cars closer together? Really? What an idiot.

[wctriumph]

She wants more commu ... Democrats to move there.

[theGinsue]

I'm a big fan of bike paths, just not in/on streets.

Exactly.

Those dicks are supposed to obey traffic rules. He looked at me like I was supposed to yield to him or something.

THis is one of several of my greatest complaints about cyclists on the roads. They want their cake and to eat it too - all without contributing any fees to contribute to maintaining the roads they use - or having any insurance requirements to use those roads. It costs my ~$49/yr to license my small single axle utility trailer which gets used maybe 5x/yr. Since it's being pulled by an insured vehicle it doesn't require any extra insurance (yet). I say if someone is going to be on the roads they should pay the same "per axle" fee the rest of have to pay, and carry insurance for the accidents they definitely cause.

What if these were pedestrians using the lanes? The powers that be would scream from the rooftops about how it isn't safe - yet it's considered safe for someone on a 30lb bicycle? And a pedestrian doesn't swerve quickly and without warning to avoid an obstacle in their path.

Most all of what I need to be on the roads for requires an automobile as a bike just wouldn't cut it. My 19.7 mile commute to work in my car takes from 30 to 50 minutes, depending on traffic. That would more than double (probably triple or quadruple) were I to attempt it on a bike - and even then only in "good weather" with a forecast without the chance of heavy rain, hail or snow.

People can't drive worth a crap, the city is using tax dollars which should be used to maintain the roads we have to put in bike lanes which reduce the overall capacity for automotive traffic, they're making the roads narrower (I noticed this was occurring and was told I was mistaken because their are federal rules for traffic lane widths), they are reducing the speed limits which bunches up more traffic - all of this would tell someone with just a little bit of common sense that these are the causes for the increasing accidents.

If they want their precious bike paths so badly, I say they start requiring all new developments to include bike paths (for commuting purposes, not just the "stroll around the development biking) that are separated from automotive traffic.

So, Kathleen Krager f'ed up the traffic and roads in Colo Spr for today and many years to come and then hightails it out to Monte Vista to retire? The fool should be made to live in the shit show she helped create.

[sniper7]

I?ve said it before and I?ll say it again, bikes have no place on any road occupied by cars. Until they pay for a license plate, get a bicycle endorsement on their drivers license and have proper insurance they shouldn?t be there. And they should only be allowed after all that happens to ride on streets that they are capable of going up to the speed limit so as not to impede traffic constantly.
The endorsement will make sure they know the laws
The plates will create accountability and the ability for police to pull them over and ticket them toward their license should they not follow the laws
The insurance will be there to protect motorists in case the bicyclist causes an accident.
Just like it isn?t a right to drive a car, it isn?t a right to ride a bicycle on tax funded roads. You want to ride on them, then pay to do so like everybody else.

And I think anyone is is riding their bike on the roads is a complete idiot anyways. look around how bad people drive, faces glued to their cell phones and you really think being in right little spandex outfits on a puny bicycle is a bright thing to do? Go buy yourself a peleton...

[ray1970]

I wonder how many people are maimed or killed riding their bicycles on public roads every year?

Wouldn?t the simple solution be to just ban bicycles all together?

I mean if it would save just one life then wouldn?t it be worth it?

[ChickNorris]

I wonder how many people are maimed or killed riding their bicycles on public roads every year?

Wouldn?t the simple solution be to just ban bicycles all together?

I mean if it would save just one life then wouldn?t it be worth it?

For the f*king win!

[BladesNBarrels]

For the f*king win!

Agree!
My mountain driving has become totally defensive for the suicide kings and queens that want to take up any lane there may be.

[Gman]

On our vacation to Moab and driving around Garden of the Gods, I noticed signs that said cars had to give cyclists 3+ feet of space, on roads that were a single lane in either direction with a double solid line divider. In order to accommodate that, one would either have to go the speed (or lack thereof) of the bicyclist, or violate the center line. That's nuts.

[Irving]

Why wouldn't you give a cyclist space? Crossing the solid yellow is only an issue if there is oncoming traffic. It's the same thing as passing a tractor.

[00tec]