I’ve cycled to work regularly in a couple of countries in Europe (including The Netherlands, which are pretty much Europe’s Gold Standard on cycling infrastructure) and do and did paid attention to that kind of thing were I didn’t.
In my experience there are ALWAYS assholes who for their own convenience will block the bike lane if they can get away with it. There might be more in some places and fewer in others, but they always exist - assholes fucking things up for the rest are a fact of life.
As I see it, the only solution for it is protected bike lanes were possible so that it’s simply impossible for a car to go there and where that’s not possible, speedy and stern enforcement (the “there’s a tow truck there in 5 minutes top and the fines are painful” kind).
I’ve cycled to work regularly in a couple of countries in Europe (including The Netherlands, which are pretty much Europe’s Gold Standard on cycling infrastructure) and do and did paid attention to that kind of thing were I didn’t.
In my experience there are ALWAYS assholes who for their own convenience will block the bike lane if they can get away with it. There might be more in some places and fewer in others, but they always exist - assholes fucking things up for the rest are a fact of life.
As I see it, the only solution for it is protected bike lanes were possible so that it’s simply impossible for a car to go there and where that’s not possible, speedy and stern enforcement (the “there’s a tow truck there in 5 minutes top and the fines are painful” kind).