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Bicyclists keep getting hurt riding into mystery string on Marine Parkway Bridge

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  • aatube@kbin.melroy.orgA This user is from outside of this forum
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    the latest incident has led to more questions for the MTA and police, who so far have not said why this keeps happening. [...] Some riders have theorized that it could be a runaway string from local kite fighting contests

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    • aatube@kbin.melroy.orgA [email protected]

      the latest incident has led to more questions for the MTA and police, who so far have not said why this keeps happening. [...] Some riders have theorized that it could be a runaway string from local kite fighting contests

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      Hahaha what the fuck

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      • aatube@kbin.melroy.orgA [email protected]

        the latest incident has led to more questions for the MTA and police, who so far have not said why this keeps happening. [...] Some riders have theorized that it could be a runaway string from local kite fighting contests

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        Bicycling across the Marine Parkway Bridge is common, but is actually forbidden by the MTA, which asks riders to dismount and walk. But Brickman said it's generally safer to bike than walk because of the number of cyclists and the narrowness of the pedestrian path.

        Uh-huh, sounds about right.

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        • aatube@kbin.melroy.orgA [email protected]

          the latest incident has led to more questions for the MTA and police, who so far have not said why this keeps happening. [...] Some riders have theorized that it could be a runaway string from local kite fighting contests

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          Someone is tying the string to hurt people. This was one of my biggest fears that someone might do while commuting after dark. I've seen many intentional hazards placed over the years and hit a few, but never anything tied across a path. Fortunately I never rode in a place with this kind of criminally incompetent infrastructure mismanagement.

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          • j4k3@lemmy.worldJ [email protected]

            Someone is tying the string to hurt people. This was one of my biggest fears that someone might do while commuting after dark. I've seen many intentional hazards placed over the years and hit a few, but never anything tied across a path. Fortunately I never rode in a place with this kind of criminally incompetent infrastructure mismanagement.

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            it's not even taut, it's somehow just "floating around" and slicing the neck every single time

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              Bicycling across the Marine Parkway Bridge is common, but is actually forbidden by the MTA, which asks riders to dismount and walk. But Brickman said it's generally safer to bike than walk because of the number of cyclists and the narrowness of the pedestrian path.

              Uh-huh, sounds about right.

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              Also, a person pushing a bike is wider than that person riding the bike.

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              • aatube@kbin.melroy.orgA [email protected]

                the latest incident has led to more questions for the MTA and police, who so far have not said why this keeps happening. [...] Some riders have theorized that it could be a runaway string from local kite fighting contests

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                In Melbourne there was one cycleway that was regularly strewn with furniture tacks.

                https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulie_Tacker

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                • j4k3@lemmy.worldJ [email protected]

                  Someone is tying the string to hurt people. This was one of my biggest fears that someone might do while commuting after dark. I've seen many intentional hazards placed over the years and hit a few, but never anything tied across a path. Fortunately I never rode in a place with this kind of criminally incompetent infrastructure mismanagement.

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                  Same fear with some legal, offroad motorcycle/snowmobile trails. Every once in a while, some dick head moves in and doesn't like hearing two-strokes in the backing property.

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