I consider myself lucky that Florence Avenue is pretty wide. It is wide enough to accommodate 3 lanes, the thing is; there’s only two. But that doesn’t stop the douche bag drivers from driving illegally on the right hand side to pass 3 or 4 cars.
The City of Santa Fe Springs must have gotten plenty of complaints because they felt compelled to install the following traffic dividers:
I don’t really understand these drivers, today a dude driving a BMW was right on my ass driving illegally on the right hand side and when he merged and passed me he gave me a nasty look! But payback’s a bitch… Florence becomes really congested where the traffic dividers are installed (I guess they sort of work) and I caught up to this dumb ass and gave him a friendly hand wave.
I think that Florence Avenue is a prime candidate for a Bike Lane. So I did some research, the amount of Red Tape that I would have to go through to request a bike lane is insane.
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7 responses so far ↓
1 Kim // Apr 30, 2008 at 1:20 am
Looks like that’s pretty close to a bike lane! Got a stencil?
2 Dominic Dougherty // Apr 30, 2008 at 7:03 am
If it was a bike lane, it would still be used as a douchebag motorist lane. I really think that the safest “bike lane” you’ll get is the one that you see now.
3 Rick // Apr 30, 2008 at 8:14 am
Those can be knocked down with no damage to the car. Just wait until the motorists realize those are visual barriers, not physical.
4 meli // Apr 30, 2008 at 9:37 am
waht a lame BMW driver!! wow, that street is bigger than the unofficial freeway here in SF. so fearless props for that. I think if I had to ride anywhere other than NorCal (dont worry a*holes are everywhere) Id have to be in the best positive mood. Im sure that friendly wave pissed him off even more, next time try blowing a kiss, works for me! (LOL)
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Perhaps you could contact the city or the commerce chamber. I know that if business shops sign a petition/ contact the city streets division bike lanes could be in the radar and near future. Maybe alos contacting the district supervisor? I dunno just shooting ideas here.
Good luck!
5 joel // Apr 30, 2008 at 1:26 pm
There’s always the Yehuda Moon option (http://www.yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=2008-03-01)
6 wannaCmore // Apr 30, 2008 at 2:50 pm
+1 for the Yehuda Moon tactic. Remember the saying: “It is easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.”
7 2whls3spds // May 1, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Rick,
Those barricades can become very physical in the right hands…
Aaron
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