By: Rob

Rob
Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:23:01 +0000

Bikes should not ride on pedestrian walkways, agreed. Although, OSU’s solution to bicycle safety on campus is simple to “not ride a bike.” This is clear by there don’t ride on the oval or you’ll get a ticket insinuative. There hasn’t been any fatal or injuring accidents on the oval. These accidents ALWAYS occur via bike-car. There are been many cases RECENTLY that point to cars, pedestrians, and cyclists at fault for accidents in the STREET. OSU needs to do something about how bikes, cars, and pedestrians interact in the STREET. It is not ok for pedestrians to walk out into traffic (this includes bikes and cars) without looking. It is not ok for cyclists to ride their bikes in the street without regard for traffic laws. It is not ok for drivers to treat cyclists as if they are not in the roadway.

Bicycle safety at OSU is a joke. I almost get hit by cars, hit by jaywalkers, and hit by other stupid cyclists on a DAILY basis. Do something about the amount of traffic on the inner campus streets (possibly enforce the speed limit? Driving 50 on the woodyhayes bridge is NOT ok) and, JUST LIKE MAGIC, pedestrian-car and bicycle-car accidents will decrease. Act as if bicycle safety is a needed campaign and students will stop being idiots on bicycles. Teach the stupid pedestrians how to cross the street and you will be amazed at how many accidents will just disappear.