04-09-2018, 06:15 PM
Well today's ride home was truly terrible. I have grown increasingly uneasy riding in our city, even since I was hit. I counted no less than 7 drivers visibly distracted. Two were directly behind me, which really get's the blood pumping. One of those drivers put his phone down long enough to make an obscene gesture at me presumably for taking the narrow lane for two blocks and slowing the driver from getting to the red light.
Another driver cut me off in the bike lane, not once, but twice. This driver was unbelievably bad. They pulled into the bike lane (perhaps to get their phone out), cutting me off, realized there was a parking space a block ahead, pulled out, cutting off a car that was passing me, then pulled into the parking space without signalling, cutting me off again, but only pulled half way into the spot, continuing to block the bike lane.
And a few blocks from home, while waiting at a red light to turn left (and signaling with my arm) a driver came up behind me, laid on the horn and gestured at the curb.
And to top it off, I have another flat tire, courtesy of the same glass in the Columbia St. bike lane, that I reported probably 12 months ago.
Does anyone know the procedure for filing a claim against the city for damage resulting from a failure to maintain the roads?
Another driver cut me off in the bike lane, not once, but twice. This driver was unbelievably bad. They pulled into the bike lane (perhaps to get their phone out), cutting me off, realized there was a parking space a block ahead, pulled out, cutting off a car that was passing me, then pulled into the parking space without signalling, cutting me off again, but only pulled half way into the spot, continuing to block the bike lane.
And a few blocks from home, while waiting at a red light to turn left (and signaling with my arm) a driver came up behind me, laid on the horn and gestured at the curb.
And to top it off, I have another flat tire, courtesy of the same glass in the Columbia St. bike lane, that I reported probably 12 months ago.
Does anyone know the procedure for filing a claim against the city for damage resulting from a failure to maintain the roads?