- Target:
- larrys3255@gmail.com
- Region:
- United States of America
The bicycle situation on Mandeville and West Ridge is getting out of hand. These streets are narrow and have a lot of resident traffic. The bicyclists routinely use Mandeville and West Ridge as break away race tracks, going down the hill at over 30 miles/hr and often refusing to let cars pass. The situation is exacerbated by the behavior of the cyclists: They routinely completely ignore stop signs, and often are rude to car drivers if they feel that the car did not wait for the speeding bikes to pass before backing onto the street or passed them too close (in their opinion). In fact, bikes routinely do not ride single file to allow safe passing. And sometimes on holidays or Sundays there are so many bikes that it is impossible to pass at all.
I have seen several close calls where a car turning from West Ridge or Chalon or simply backing out of a residential street almost hit a bicycle. Let's stop this before someone gets killed. There are plenty of other streets more suited and safer for bicycles.
We call on the City of Los Angeles to ban bicycle riding on Mandeville Canyon Drive and Westridge Road and post signs to that effect. These roads are very narrow, have no bike lanes or sidewalks and have a lot of residential traffic. The bicycles use the gradual five mile uphill for training and then ride downhill at high speeds, They never stop at stop signs and often do not allow cars of residents to safely pass. There have been many close calls where cars backing out of residences almost hit speeding bikes. Let's not wait until someone is killed and not allow bicycles to use these roads and put themselves and others at risk.
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The Ban bicycles on Mandeville Canyon and Westridge Roads. petition to larrys3255@gmail.com was written by Larry and is in the category Roads & Transport at GoPetition.