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.
Popularity: 7% [?]
Looks like that’s pretty close to a bike lane! Got a stencil?
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.
Those can be knocked down with no damage to the car. Just wait until the motorists realize those are visual barriers, not physical.
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!
There’s always the Yehuda Moon option (http://www.yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=2008-03-01)
+1 for the Yehuda Moon tactic. Remember the saying: “It is easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.”
Rick,
Those barricades can become very physical in the right hands…
Aaron