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Nelson_Gremdella t1_jaexjja wrote

Reply to comment by MotoSlashSix in Highway to nowhere and dirt bikes by brYzmz

I’m pretty sure you and I are on the same page about whether the bike is stolen or not has no effect on the fact that it’s being ridden illegally and dangerously. It doesn’t.

The sugar on top part, I’ll explain.

OP is making a suggestion to try and make some positive moves in this city with regards to this particular issue.

The poster you’re referring to entered the discussion, implied that this topic and this particular solution has been discussed before, and listed two things that always come up.

One of those things was over exaggerated.

You or someone else pulled some statistics and proved that rather than “a large majority,” only 20% of these dirt bikes are stolen.

Congratulations to whoever that was. Seriously.

However, that does absolutely nothing to change the fact that this topic and this particular solution has been discussed before and two specific things always come up.

To simplify, no one is investing in a bike park (OP’s suggestion) if there’s a possibility 20% of the bikes in there are stolen. That’s like throwing money away.

I don’t understand the race baiting.

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Charming_Wulf t1_jaeur87 wrote

Reply to Why are there so many "no turn on red" signs in Hampden? by leon_de_sol

Pedestrian safety. Most of Hampden is residential with a high foot traffic commercial street. And one lane roads. Cars should not be moving through area at speed or with priority.

Plus think of the driver POV on a right-on-red. The driver is most likely heavily focused on where oncoming traffic is coming: primarily to the left or possibly ahead (if oncoming traffic has a left turn). Depending on angles, the pedestrian could enter the cross walk in the driver's blind spot if their head is turned to the left.

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