Incident type: Obstacle

I like this small road since it is (almost always) free from cars. But after a few days of bad weather, it is full of mud, sand, leaves,…

Gates unfriendly to all cyclist. Safest route for children is through the park but they have to lift their bikes over the barrier to get out.

Near the corner of San Vicente Blvd and Montana in Los Angeles, a restaurant owner is using the bike lane as a valet loading zone. Cyclists get pinched in an unsafe mess of queuing cars, people getting in and out, and doors opening.

An excavation or road work has left a gap in the road about 18 inches wide and up to 3 inches deep perpendicular to the road. The only indication to road users that an obstacle was present was a small, ground level sign off to the side of the road at the location of the obstacle which is both easy to miss and does not give sufficient advance warning.

The cyclist was forced to jump over this obstacle. Had the cyclist not jumped and hit the obstacle at speed, the result could have been damage to the bike, or worse, a crash resulting in the cyclist being thrown over the handlebars head first.

In all the years I have been cycling here, I have seen only 1 motor vehicle on this path. Still somebody thought it was a good idea to install these poles.

A view from my rear Cycliq FLY 63614 camera peddling through the floods and leaving a wake, deeper than I thought.