The Law Of Unintended Consequences

[Tom@WashDC]

Bikers and pedestrians always find a way.

The "path" of least resistance.

 

[Nvreloader]

Tom
Are those barricades for stopping bikes?
Some one that was NOT too sharp, missed the boat, I think.....

 

[Chargeride]

They have simply covered themselves legally, we put the barriers in to spec.
Cant be sued if people ignore the rules

 

[Tom@WashDC]

Tom
Are those barricades for stopping bikes?
Some one that was NOT too sharp, missed the boat, I think.....

It appears so.
Can you imagine the bureaucratic hubris that went into studying, funding, and implementing this decision? And when they were finished, did the people responsible for this ridiculous expenditure of human capital say to themselves "job well done! That'll stop 'em"?

 

[Tom@WashDC]

I've encountered these types of barriers in differing forms in the last few years while biking. Always a well worn path around them.

 

[Old-tool-guy]

It appears so.
Can you imagine the bureaucratic hubris that went into studying, funding, and implementing this decision? And when they were finished, did the people responsible for this ridiculous expenditure of human capital say to themselves "job well done! That'll stop 'em"?

I can remember sitting in a planning & zoning council meeting in a big city as they discussed our permit application for a commercial building, listening to some of the bizarre logic that some of the younger council members voiced. Totally out of touch with reality. For example …

we owned a large building that was mostly a call center, it took up the whole block and was 5 stories high. We bought the vacant land across the street to build a parking garage for employees, and we wanted an elevated crosswalk at the 2nd floor so employees wouldn’t have to cross the street. Couldn't get it approved. We pointed out that at shift change there would be 400 employees trying to cross the street. Didn’t matter, the6 said the elevated crosswalk would be an eyesore and block views of the neighborhood. We pointed out that employees would come out of the garage and jaywalk straight across the street. Oh no! They can’t do that, that’s against the law. Tried to point out these are call center employees and obeying traffic laws is not high on their list. Nope, we were told to enforce the following: employee exits garage, walks up to the corner, waits for “walk” signal on traffic light, crosses, walks back down the sidewalk , enters the building.

 

[Chazmo]

I've encountered these types of barriers in differing forms in the last few years while biking. Always a well worn path around them.

Been thinking about those barriers. I think they’d be pretty effective for slowing down the bike traffic between the two sets. And, yeah, people obviously divert around the whole section, as you’ve shown and pointed out.

I’m not sure the diversion is “as intended,” but I’m thinking about the effect of using this kind of barrier system where there’s no way to groove a path on the side. It’s probably better (for us) than a standard gate, which means you’d possibly have to lift your bike to get through (assuming you’re going to ride there)… I dunno. If the objective is just to slow people down, it’s certainly not as bad (for us) as other solutions that come to mind.

 

[Chargeride]

Salt batteries for the win.
Poland fire caused by skiier on ebike ...possibly

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Salt batteries for the win.
Poland fire caused by skiier on ebike ...possibly

It were e-scooter batteries. Even your man is saying this.

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My mom, who was a microbiologist (and made me interested in chemistry) once said when I was a boy: "There are strong acids, with the names ending with -ic (like sulphuric acid) and weak acids, their names ending with -ous (for example sulphurous acid). Similarly, some people are witty but other are witteous".

Cannot fail noticing most your jokes are witteous, Charge.

 

[Chargeride]

Im not joking, they have cctv.

 

[RunForTheHills]

I thought British humor was supposed to be dry and sarcastic.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Drink some, Charge. It could sharpen your wit

 

[Chargeride]

I thought British humor was supposed to be dry and sarcastic.

No... hot and snowy

 

[Chargeride]

Heres a laugh then ,this is actually a Welsh health ambassador for local communities, Athika Ahmed

Its just ritual humiliation now , but she has got lovely chubby cheeks and probably knows the number for the doctors