Observed by MidtownCommuter on Tue, Oct 20 2009
This car was parked in the bike lane on Tuesday at the intersection of Edgewood and Boulevard. About a minute after taking the picture, the car pulled up next to me and started honking. The driver (whose wife apparently saw me taking the photo) began aggressively questioning me, taking pictures of me, and threatening legal action, as well as insinuating the possibility of other, supposedly more physical consequences. "You have to bike past here every single day. Could be very dangerous." "How about I follow you home, see where you live?"
To me, he seemed very concerned about the possibility of his presence being associated with this particular location. Given his New Jersey plates, he probably wasn't too worried about receiving a cheap parking ticket from the APD that he won't ever have to pay. I won't speculate as to exactly what he was so concerned about, but I will note that every single car I've seen parked in this location has been different, and has had an out-of-state license plate. Which seems very strange to me.
The driver followed me to Inman Park station, at which point I entered the MARTA station to avoid further confrontation.
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Posted on Wed, Oct 21 2009 at 02:38 PM
I would suggest reporting the incident to the local authorities just in case...
Posted on Wed, Oct 21 2009 at 04:34 PM
Expecting what result? I wondered what to do about this, and I decided the best thing would simply be to post the picture as planned, along with a description of the incident.
Posted on Wed, Oct 21 2009 at 04:55 PM
I had an unfortunate incident with a CTA bus driver who kept taking his break in a bike lane (and not even on a street the route was on) in Chicago and contacted both the CTA and Chicago police and the CTA supervisor sent someone to monitor the area and talked with the driver. The Chicago Police increased their viability along the bike route for a while. Who knows, they might send the driver a warning letter.