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Bicyclists keep getting hurt riding into mystery string on Marine Parkway Bridge (gothamist.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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the latest incident has led to more questions for the MTA and police, who so far have not said why this keeps happening. [...] Some riders have theorized that it could be a runaway string from local kite fighting contests

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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Someone is tying the string to hurt people. This was one of my biggest fears that someone might do while commuting after dark. I've seen many intentional hazards placed over the years and hit a few, but never anything tied across a path. Fortunately I never rode in a place with this kind of criminally incompetent infrastructure mismanagement.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 15 points 1 day ago

it's not even taut, it's somehow just "floating around" and slicing the neck every single time

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

Same fear with some legal, offroad motorcycle/snowmobile trails. Every once in a while, some dick head moves in and doesn't like hearing two-strokes in the backing property.