The Ebiker Joke thread...

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Standard sign seen in my neyboorhood. (Denotes winter or bad weather or something.)

 

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Ebikers know with an assist you can carry 50% more sheep.
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My fav "hazard elimination"... as in BAN THE CAR.

 

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My fav "hazard elimination"... as in BAN THE CAR.

Mine is easier. Dont crash.

 

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"Department of Transportation gives out free helmets to promote Vision Zero street safety"

Safety is in style.

The city Department of Transportation gave out helmets Thursday sporting the logo of the city’s Vision Zero street safety program.

The cyclists who came to the Brooklyn Public Library for a fitting and free helmet dug the design.

The bright blue helmet caught the eye of Paulette Brioche, 63, of Brooklyn.

“That’s my best color,” she said.

Brioche said she always wears a helmet when cruising on city streets.

“This is very dangerous,” she said. “You have to have the hat.”

Vision Zero is Mayor de Blasio’s signature street safety program, which aims to reduce to zero the number of preventable traffic deaths in the five boroughs by 2024. The city has lowered the speed limit to 25 mph on most roadways, redesigned intersections and major streets, and installed bike lanes that physically separate bicyclists from car traffic. The campaign also includes heightened fines and stepped up enforcement of traffic laws.

Steven Markowitz, 56, signed up to get the free Vision Zero helmet.

“They’re smart-looking helmets,” he said.

Markowitz knows the perils of driving without a helmet. Three years ago, he was clipped by another car near his home in Mill Basin, with no helmet on his head. He was shaken up but unharmed.

“Now I’m going to wear it,” he said. “The way people drive today, you gotta be careful.”

More people on bikes are rolling onto city streets each year, with a 49% increase in New Yorkers who regularly ride a bicycle at least several times a month over the past five years, reaching 778,000 people, according to city Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg.

"It makes sense to wear a helmet" said Polly "in case you hit a cyclist. Or a pedestrian."

And with Citi Bike expanding to new neighborhoods and an improvement in its operations under new management, its ridership more than doubled with nearly 3 million rides from January to April 27, from 1.4 million rides over the same time period in 2015, according to Citi Bike.

But there has been tragedy on the roads recently.

A few blocks away from the helmet giveaway, 33-year-old James Gregg died after he fell under the wheels of a big (huge), heavy truck driving alongside him at Sixth Ave. near Sterling Pl on April 20. (Fortunately the truck driver was wearing his new helmet.)

“We want to make sure as people drive around the city that they do it safely,” Trottenberg said. “We know that there have recently been some tragedies and we certainly mourn those — and it certainly makes us want to redouble our efforts.”

 

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ES Newz from the country of Iran!

Tehran has been in talks to set up joint manufacturing plants inside Iran with major European automakers, including Fiat, Mercedes Benz, Peugeot, Renault, and Volkswagen.

Under sanctions, domestic auto production fell sharply from 1.65 million units in 2011 to 740,000 in 2013.

Production crept back up to 1.1 million in 2014, and Iranian officials say they now are hoping to manufacturer 1.6 million cars by 2018, 2 million by 2022, and 3 million by 2025.

(Car repair companies fight to gain entry to this exciting new, rapidly expanding market full of new car drivers!)

 

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More details seen here:
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Car destroyed by fire

A Pontiac Trans Am was destroyed by an engine compartment fire Sunday afternoon at U.S. Highway 12 and 130th St.

Doug Frank and his son, Brian, were headed to King’s Department Store when they saw flames coming out the hood scoop.

They were able to get the car stopped at the intersection and get out safely. The car is a project they had been working on.

Said Doug "Thank the Gawds we hadn't installed those darned lithium batteries... yet".

 

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Newz from New Delhi, India "auto industry claims vehicles are an insignificant source of pollution in the national capital!"

 

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Impressive travels...

 

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