Southeast Blvd
Observed by Schrauf on Wed, Sep 17 2008
Lovely - it is always pleasant when you get the perp's vehicle right next to the sign clearly indicating the violation. This was at 6 AM, so both vehicles were likely parked here all night, not just illegally in the bike lane, but way over the solid white line and into the second lane.
This is a downhill section of the road on a slight curve, so a cyclist has little time to react to this hazard by checking for other traffic and then braking hard or swerving to avoid a collision. There are not that many bike lanes in Spokane - it should be rather simple for drivers to avoid parking in them!
The license plates and the pictures have been reported to the Spokane Police Dept at http://www.spokanepolice.org/ContactUs/default.aspx?type=traffic
If that does not encourage action, I will start calling to report each violation.
Click on the title of this post to see the first vehicle close up, and see the post above for the second vehicle close up.
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Posted on Thu, Sep 18 2008 at 06:47 PM
Thanks for posting that link. I've just been posting the photos with descriptions of the spot. I didn't know we could actually report them. I like that.
Posted on Thu, Jul 16 2009 at 10:02 PM
I am starting to take pictures of bicyclers breaking laws like not stopping for stop signs going around cars stopped at red lights riding in the car lanes and sidewalks.Riding down the middle of streets not in bike lanes.I like this us versus them mentality of the bicyclers.
Posted on Thu, Jul 16 2009 at 10:15 PM
big trucks rule