Comments on: First Bike Safety Ride Underway

By: CORONA DEL MAR TODAY » Cycle Task Force Look For Bike Racks and Come Up Empty

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:55:07 +0000

[...] our earlier cycling task force stories here, here, here and [...]

By: Safety Tipster

Safety Tipster — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:07:35 +0000

At the beginning of the 2010 New Year, I noticed a NBPD police motorcycle with speed radar on the hilly sidewalk of southbound Jamboree Road. The safety tip for Newport Beach school children bicycling with book bags on their backs is: Keep the head up and watch for NBPD police motorcycles on the sidewalk.

By: Volunteer Cyclist

Volunteer Cyclist — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:24:42 +0000

Volunteer groups and events tend to attract people who sell stuff. By the way, who is the vendor that sells Newport Beach the inductive wires and traffic controllers that do not detect bicycles? Is salesmanship involved, or is the city being cheap in buying technology that is a risk to cyclists?

By: Newport Voter

Newport Voter — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:38:48 +0000

The New Years Bike Safety Ride along with the Safe Cycling Task Force continues the valiant volunteer effort of locals. However, a formal review for bicycle responsibility is needed across city planners, traffic engineers, and police department. If Newport Beach settles or is ruled to be at fault for the two bicycle fatalities of 2009, the incumbent city council members should not be reelected. The laxity is similar to taking two years to act on the average of twenty boats anchored at the Corona del Mar swim-line on summer weekends. The lights are turned off in Newport Beach for bicycle safety. The striking example is the NBPD for almost three years defying UCI student bicycle commuters by driving with their headlights turned off through the Back Bay unlit multi-use one way road to sneak up on beer drinkers and pot smokers.

By: Team Cyclist

Team Cyclist — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:51:05 +0000

Please update us about how the New Year’s Bike Safety Ride handled Newport Beach’s non-detecting left turn traffic signals? Did the group use the test-and-dismount policy established by now-retired Lieutenant Steve Shulman? Was a cyclist designated to run across the traffic lanes to press the crosswalk button? Also, did the city settle Lt. Shulman’s compensation claim for not being promoted to Captain? Lt. Shulman had commandeered the NBPD chasing bicycles for motor vehicle citations. We have not had the horn blows that Fred Peters has expressed. The safety tip might be to acknowledge motorists with signals, quick side glance, or eye contact if possible. Drivers most often respond with a wave to the acknowledgement, and only occasionally an impatient sigh. Motorists react unfavorably to cyclists that are overly intense about a training workout. The December 19th rage in the Back Bay between two cyclists is an example of intensiveness. Safe and good riding for 2010!