Yes, I know I can walk around it, hence the mildly infuriating. Still a d*ck move
I’d be the asshole who just moves those bikes to a random location a short walk away so the owners have to go looking for them. Inconvenience them for making the sidewalk less accessible to the disabled.
I find this post hilarious in a really sad and aggravating way.
Everyone complains how the bikes block the path for pedestrians, strollers, wheelchairs. But pictured on this very same image is how the entire sidewalk is narrowed to make room for cars. That one car takes up twice as much space as those two bikes and likely transported half an many people. And if you’re on foot, in a wheelchair or pushing a stroller you can push the bicycles out of the way. You can’t push the car out of your way.
These bicyclists are completely wrong because of how it’s set up now, you’re talking about fantasy scenarios. If this is an old city, it was probably set up for horse and buggy before bicycles were even invented. Pedestrians are more important than bikes. I realize you have to fight the good fight to make people aware, but this isn’t the one.
It’s Europe, not a fairy tale. We do in fact renovate and change our streets occasionally. A clear indicator are the fancy cut grey slabs and the metal disc. I can guarantee you those are not there since the time of horse and carriage. Also the red bricks would be waaay more worn down by now if they were that old.
Move them to a place where it will take them a while to find but put each one in a different place so they will get mad
There’s an office building near me where one of the employees parks his Harley Davison motorcycle on the handicapped ramp of an emergency exit. Granted it doesn’t see daily foot traffic but someone in a wheelchair might need to, you know, escape a fire.
Someone should inform the authorities and let them tow it. There should be something that can be done legally.
I wonder if there is a law against this or if it’s some kind of building code violation. What authority governs having handicapped accessible escape routes from a private building?
I’m just guessing, but in my country you get towed for blocking escape routes. Maybe your local fire department can help you understand what is possible to do.
Why are you riding your bike on the sidewalk?
