(12-17-2023, 08:24 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(12-16-2023, 10:03 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote: No, I don't think they literally want to kill cyclists, but I'm sure it's clear even to you that the spikes they installed are dangerous. If it were a landscaping feature or even a literal fence it wouldn't be a problem. The intent is obvious when you drive spikes into the ground along a cycling desire path, as is the result if someone falls on them.
Ac3r is not the first to assume we make such accusations lightly. They are wrong as the earlier person was wrong.
The intent becomes even clearer when you look at the history. They were placed initially when the property owner placed a curb along the parking lot (which is clear in intent to prevent people from going from the sidewalk into the parking lot or vice versa. But then after some reconstruction was done and the grass narrowed slightly, the spikes were replaced afterwards in slightly different positions. There is only one purpose.
Again, I wouldn't make this accusation lightly. I KNOW that area, I used that path for years and I've seen the evolution. But I am not surprised to see ac3r assume I am simply a caricature of an angry cyclist assuming the world hates me (for the record, this person barely exists...I'm sure there are a few, but in most cases, cyclists are calm, rational, and know that many drivers DO hate them, based on their experience). It isn't the reason I have blocked him, but it does fit with what I know of him.
Blocked or not I gotta say, this is paranoia. To think people are putting steel rods in the ground to haem cyclists is nonsense and baseless. I'd like to see.proof of this claim, but I know there is none. Making absurd claims like this isn't useful.