Crazy Angelenos bike on freeway
In LA, a city where road rage all too often leads to "bang bang", you've got to admire the cojones of anyone willing to ride a bicycle at all, let alone on the notoriously busy freeways of Southern California. However, that's exactly what a group of cyclists are doing as part of a guerrilla effort to make pedal power a more widely accepted form of transportation.
A group of around 30 cycling advocates calling themselves Crimanimalz took to the Santa Monica Freeway last Friday at rush hour, riding about 2 miles before exiting at theSanta Monica Boulevard off ramp. The ride was the third for the group since April 18, and they are vowing to hold more.
Although technically riding a bicycle on a highway is illegal, two riders who were stopped by police were let off with a warning.
It's not clear whether these kinds of actions make cyclists more popular with the type of motorist who prefers not to have to deal with bikes, which might be a concern as two-wheel enthusiasts advocate for equal road rights. On the other hand, civil rights demonstrations didn't make African-Americans more popular with racists, but they got the job done.
via [Wired]
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5-17-2008 @ 1:06PM
John said...
I love bikes and they have their place but riding a bike on a freeway is a terrible idea.
It doesn't take much gray matter between the ears to know 60-80MPH traffic and 10-20MPH bikes is a real bad combination.
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6-08-2008 @ 9:16PM
bikecommuter said...
If you watch this video http://www.vimeo.com/crimanimalz, the speed of motorized traffic was 5-10 MPH at the time and the speed of Cyclists and even Rollerbladers was 10-25 MPH therefore the non-motorized users were actually FASTER THAN GRIDLOCK! I think it would be great if California would encourage non-motorized users on the freeways during gridlock because riding without stop signs and stop lights makes getting places on your own power FASTER!
6-10-2008 @ 4:48PM
simon salloom said...
Awesome, awesome, awesome. We need to do something about all the traffic, cars congestion. I'd like to see a special lane for smart cars and hybrids. Bikes are best but no teveryone can ride them.
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