So, I've wondered this before and still don't have a great answer. Would love thoughts from others on the south side of the path: I'm a youngish female who commutes along LFP from her new place near 53rd to downtown and back. There will often be times, especially in fall and winter, where I'm coming home late after dark. Most times it won't be past 6:30 or 7, but I do work some late nights where it's closer to 9. It seems silly to let one incident like this dissuade me, but I have a Trek 520 (not slow, but not fast) and am usually moving along with a moderately heavy pannier--so it's not like I can speed off if anyone tries to jump me.
I don't want to care, but I wonder if it's tempting fate? C'mon, all ye south side commuters: tell me that year round cycling on LFP after dusk is no big deal!
I really feel sorry for those kids 10-12 years old, parents don't care and soon they will be locked up.
Thanks, Paul! I think that makes sense. I've been riding the path for a month now and haven't had any trouble with teens in broad daylight, so I'm not too concerned about that...no more than I would be anywhere else in the city, you know?
Look for the girl on the dark green '04 Trek 520 with ridiculously big black panniers. :)
Too true Chuck!
Also, the FOP union rhetoric wants you to believe the 1000 or whatever extra cops they want is really going to make a difference. It's a police force of ~15,000 in a city of 3 million people. Maybe a 3rd of the cops on duty at a time. I let you do the math...
Chuckchuck said:
I was stopped by this reporter from NBC. I said that random acts are just that.... random. There will always be kids acting out violently. But it is not in the interest of NBC to promote that we are all pretty safe except for a couple of random acts. We may all get out and turn off the TV set.
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