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  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    Follow the rules bikers or you will pay the ultimate price. You should be as accountable as a driver of a motor vehicle. The roads were designed foe...
    Anonymous
    38 weeks 3 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    I think it is worth pointing out that in Washington DC (the city, not the metro area) most of the people killed by motor vehicles are _not_ drivers...
    Jonathan Krall
    38 weeks 3 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    cyclists wisp in and out of traffic because the observe what is happening before you do. motorists are eating a cheeseburger, playing with their...
    Anonymous
    38 weeks 3 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    PLEASE continue to publish these kinds of observations about the miserable behavior of a large majority of bikers. I have called 311, the non-...
    Anonymous
    38 weeks 3 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    I would suggest one look at the statistics and see where the greatest threat to bodily harm is. Before spending police time on cracking down they...
    landsw
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    I'll put it another way. If I'm crossing K Street, with the light and in a crosswalk, and a cyclist blows through the intersection and almost takes...
    John
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    Cyclists run stop signs, and are not typically ticketed, for the same reasons drivers exceed 55 mph on the Beltway, and are not typically ticketed....
    John
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    You are missing the point. The author of the article advocated licensing of cyclists. The commenters note that licensing is not the answer....
    Anonymous
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    Bravo!! Thanks to Ms.Ockershausen for her timely comments.Adding bicyclists to the already dicey mix of buses, cars, trucks and pedestrians in a...
    Anonymous
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    To the Cyclists - Who are commenting. This article isn't about motorist so stop whining. It's about cyclists not following the law - which I live and...
    Anonymous
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    DC already IS cracking down on motorists who break the law, with more and more speed cameras. Why don't we crack down on bicyclists who flaunt the...
    Worried Pedestrian
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    The laws are already on the books but the cops don't enforce them. Bikers get away with poor road behavior all the time, and their culture supports...
    Anon
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    Janice, I fully agree that both motorists and bicycles need to be respectful and conscious of road safety. However, as a rules-following biker, I...
    Michael Petricone
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    Right on, Michael. If someone is a reckless idiot, I would much rather them be riding a bike than driving a car. The stakes are lower.
    Roger M.
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    So, people in 2 to 4 thousand pound missiles driving while on the phone, texting, etc. They are the only guidance system for this missile and they...
    oneleft
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    Time for Pedestrians to be licensed and required to wear helmets, elbow and knee pads as well. 4,280 of them were killed in 2010, up from 4109 the...
    Anonymous
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    Police do not meaningfully enforce traffic laws. A ZILLION studies have shown this. Enforce the current laws on speed, following distance, talking...
    Anonymous
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    The Washcycle blog commented on the sheer stupendous stupidity of this essay. When a mere 50 percent of the cars on the road are obeying the law,...
    Anonymous
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    Ms Ockershausen I am glad you find cycling a healthy leisure time activity. I believe the more cyclist on the road the better. Some of us choose...
    Marshall Walter Taylor
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    Time for motorists to be held accountable. How about the stats on how many head injuries were caused by collisions with motor vehicles? Why should...
    Nik Dow
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    Wouldn't it be the day where every cyclist, motorist and pedestrian followed the traffic laws in DC? Of course, the reality is far different. We...
    James
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    I agree that there is a problem with poor cycling skills, rude behavior, etc, and that this can be a risk to other users of the streets. However, I...
    Simon Elliott
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    Yes, there are cyclists who are involved in fatal accidents every year -- generally, when they are hit by a car operated in a negligent manner. I...
    Anonymous
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    Since you presumably travel on the public roads frequently, you are no doubt aware that many car drivers do not follow the rules of the road either....
    Michael H.
    38 weeks 4 days ago
  • Time for Bicyclists To Be Held Accountable?
    60% of fatal bike/ped crashes are the result of illegal driving behavior, so clearly mandatory helmet laws and cyclist licensing are the answer......
    MM
    38 weeks 4 days ago