SAN ANTONIO — A nearby bike owner is fed up after he’s had too many near calls with drivers.
Samuel Parra located a digital camera on his bicycle after becoming involved in a success-and-run coincidence closing year.
Parra shared a video with KENS 5 of a truck almost jogging him off the street, passing him at high speed, and leaving little space between the vehicle and his motorcycle.
He stated he spends a lot of time driving his bike to work and other places because it’s inexpensive compared to spending cash on fuel.
“Normally, I just do rides through the city, and I’ll do approximately 60, 70 miles an afternoon,” Parra said.
However, Parra said he’s conscious that riding his bike may put him in danger when drivers are not paying interest.
“It’s continually just kind of there that perhaps I might be hit or something might take place,” he said.
Since he’s mounted the digital camera, he has caught on video the moments when drivers make last-minute turns in front of him, causing him to run off the street.
“It’s the humans who reduce me off or pace beyond me, wherein I’m apprehensive,” Parra said. “They want to sluggish down. So you get home 10 seconds early—is it definitely well worth killing somebody over 10 seconds of it slow?”
He stated he established the camera to capture drivers in the act so he could catch it on video if the worst occurred.
“We want to do something positive about this as a community. We cannot simply take a seat with the aid of and maintain telling human beings we need motorbike lanes,” he stated. “We ought to be greater lively.”
Parra is joining others in the San Antonio biking community to raise awareness by selling the “Give Three “feet campaign.
“It’s a marketing campaign that was virtually introduced to our attention from a regulation that exists that you should supply riders with three feet of clearance while you’re on your car, and you pass them,” said motorcycle shop proprietor Marty Schlesinger.
Schlesinger owns and operates the Hub MRKT in Southtown. He stated San Antonio is behind other cities of the same size in terms of cycling infrastructure.
“If it will remain so slow to get improvements and committed motorcycle lanes, could we at least check to empower the infrastructure that we have in the region by getting a road sweeper or get personnel to preserve the present pathways and right away for biking and make it a more secure environment?” Schlesinger requested.
Mayor Ron Nirenberg’s Connects plan includes adding advanced infrastructure, including forty miles of barrier-blanketed motorcycle lanes throughout the city.
A spokesperson for ConnectSA said the addition of those plans is slated to be completed within five years.
In the in-between period, they stated they have made severa displays soliciting comments on a multi-modal transportation plan and preserving roundtable discussions with cycling businesses across the metropolis.
Connect also has a survey they may be encouraging citizens to complete, which will send all remarks to the metropolis council and county elected officials.
Schlesinger said the lack of infrastructure and cyclists’ protection issues deter individuals who want to cycle inside the town.
“Half the reason we have numerous instances is that drivers are preoccupied with something else at the same time as they are behind the wheel and not paying interest, or they may be in a rush. And, w,orsebut, (who) have a look at cyclists as a nuisance and an obstacle this is in their manner, not as humans,” Schlesinger said.
