I don't know who to hate on here!

Bike riders are MASSIVE ASSHOLES.

But so are Fox News writers!

I guess I'll have to go with hating the Fox douche more than the bike douche!

I'd like to see a speed limit for bikes in Central Park only. Some reasonable speedlimit. And if there is an organized race with police present at the race, the limit can be lifted for that race. It would make an immediate difference for everyone else using the park. Never will happen though.

They do have a speed limit: 25mph, same as for cars. I've seen cops pull cyclists over for going 35-40 mph, but I've never seen a car pulled over for speeding in the park

We were en route to a cardiac arrest yesterday and traffic was awful going uptown. It was about 730pm right after the East/West drive closed to traffic about thirty minutes prior. We were going 30 mph on the East drive with our lights and siren on and cyclists were not only barely moving for us, but giving us filthy looks. One cyclist actually completely FAILED to move out of the way, I can only assume it was intentional on account he didn't have headphones on and flipped us the bird on the way by. I will say we were driving with DUE REGARD for cyclists and not riding up their asses like some of these vehicles do (Fox 5 Driver). Now I can understand cyclists have just as much of a right to the road as vehicles do but you must understand that any road is fair game for an emergency vehicle. People don't want to move for police vehicles, fire trucks, and ambulances; none of us get any respect in the City. In a City with 4000 EMS calls a day, we have to maneuver through traffic with pedestrians who just don't care, cars that don't care, and cyclists who just want to get where they are going with no regard for anyone else. I have witnessed COUNTLESS instances where cyclists have STRUCK a pedestrian when the pedestrian had the right of way, and where there have been near misses. We were responding to an asthma attack the other day with lights/siren, had the STALE green light going eastbound when a cyclist with headphones on blasts thru the red light going northbound. I slammed on my brakes, NARROWLY missing him. He also slammed on his brakes, skidded out and went over on the asphalt in the middle of 7th Avenue. He realized how close he had just come to losing his life and of course apologized, but we had to then help this person instead of a much more serious asthma call that had to be assigned to a different ambulance coming from a much greater distance. You guys on bicycles have to realize that we are aiding the public. When you fall and break your wrist in the park we come and help. When your friend is having an asthma attack we come and help. No one moves for us when we are coming by. But just remember if it is your family member next time, remember how disrespectful you might have been to us that one time when you didn't move and now you are angry we took so long.

I definitely pay attention to ambulances (as both a cyclist and a pedestrian) so I am sorry to hear that there are douches who don't cede the way to them.

However, while I haven't seen other cyclists refusing to yield (maybe this is happening on routes I don't frequent?) I ALWAYS see both pedestrians and other cars blithely ignoring an ambulance trying to get through. I'm not trying to shift blame, but I just don't think it's fair to point fingers solely at cyclists when it actually seems to be a far more general problem.

He was just trying to introduce that bicyclist to his own little "No Spin Zone".

All of these comments are useless. The cyclist has the legal right to use the road. Bike lane or not, he has every legal right to claim a lane. Whether he was slowing down traffic, or dressed like an asshole, he had the right to the lane.

And last time I checked, being at fault in an accident makes you legally liable for all damages.

And, a Hit and Run is a pretty serious offense.

So everyone else chill with the hate. There's been lots of hit and runs in the city today.

What if said cyclist had been killed, and witnesses provided the exact same story with the cyclist sliding off the roof of the car and under the wheels.

A cyclist getting murdered by a car in CENTRAL PARK. (If the statements in this report are true then this was literally about a foot away from happening)

What kind of story is that, a bicyclist getting killed by a car in central park?

Sadly, I think most of you threats to the gene-pool would have applauded the SUV driver.

His position in whatever lane is irrelevant, this is not 5th Ave. For those of you that imagine that every cyclist has there own private "bike lane", please open your eyes, a competitive person (one that might ride in the park, this has been established already...) can't train for a race in the bike lane. It seems many have equated riding in a lane with giving the middle finger to motorists, but if the guy was biking at 25 mph or faster there isn't a problem, sorry, but think about it.

And I think most of you should take a lesson from the cyclist and do your best effort to show some self respect, next time a cyclist makes a threat on your life by running a light, catch them, and stand in front of them...

What? A reasonable response? How dare you!

+1

bikes in Central Park are really hyper agressive. They are arrogant, without pity, and they ride FAST. I suspect there's more to the story than we got here.

I agree that cyclists in Central Park are super aggressive, but that doesn't mean someone gets to mow them down.

Why do the bicyclists in Central Park all wear tight panties with corporate logos regardless of their physical appearance? Can anyone enlighten me?

4000lbs is low for an SUV nowadays...most are over 5K.

5000# SUV@30+mph vs 190#bike/rider@15mph >>>>> same bike vs. stationary 150# ped

Where's that $4/gallon gas tax when we need it?

What kind of idiot throws himself in front of a "4,000lb vehicle"

It's sad that some idiot cyclists have to give others a bad name.

bicycle comments are boring.

Yawn... another Anti motorist/pedestrian/everyone-is-at-fault-but-cyclists post to appease stupid, hypocritical Bike Nazis who ruin cycling for the rest of us who DO exercise courtesy when riding, don't bike around with a huge-ass chip on our shoulder, or act as if the whole world is against us.

I think the story is about a driver in Central Park deliberately hitting a cyclist.

It amazes me that people still believe society exists.

Biking in the city is crazy. Some bikers act like they can do whatever they want...go through red lights, etc. I can tell you I have almost hit several bikers who just cross the road regardless of the traffic laws. I'm not picking sides but there are some crazy bikers and crazy drivers.

But, this story is about Central Park cyclists. Those are typically corporate types who train for serious road races; hence, that's why you see 20-30K bikes made of liquid nitrogen. They're a totally different breed of cyclist than the bike messengers and hipsters riding fixies in traffic. They're like the insanely fast Jamaican cyclists in Prospect park - those guys ride to train, not to commute to work.

C.P. cyclists ONLY ride in the park or cross the GWB for country rides; you never see them on the main streets, which also highlights why Central Park should be off-limits to car traffic at all times - there's truly little point to having cars in C.P.

Similarly, Prospect park should be car free at all times. These should be places where people can walk, jog or bicycle together without worrying about cars and smog.