BikeThiefNYC

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/opinion/bike-thief.html?_r=3

would anyone stop you?

i would.

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Permalink Reply by Zoetrope on March 18, 2012 at 1:10pm

h', I think you're mistaking that blurb as an 'answer' to the bike theft problem. It's merely another viewpoint on why bike theft is such a problem in the first place. Hardly simplistic when you consider the alternative, which is what... blame bystanders for not risking their lives to save your bike? I lock my bike up properly and don't leave it expecting bystanders to guard over it while I'm away. Is it even reasonable to expect that from another human being? Seems like a loaded question to me. Might be nice if we got somewhere close to that someday, but I think expecting trained law enforcement to make this a bigger priority would be more reasonable at the moment. Of course, I could be wrong.

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on March 18, 2012 at 4:06pm

N+1

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Permalink Reply by Zoetrope on March 18, 2012 at 4:16pm

There was no offense taken. Maybe you're projecting? That's just theorum though, I guess.

"The ball is round, the game lasts 90 minutes, everything else is pure theory."

h' said:

Sorry if you took my reaction personally.

I think it's an interesting musing and worth passing along, but the theorum of "everyone who wants a bike already has one" . . .

Just not sure what to do with that. Do you think if everyone in Chicago had a working bicycle, we'd have less bike theft? I suppose it's possible, but it doesn't seem likely.