That is a very clever action. A 3-digit padlock is cracked in 10-15 min tops. And the symbolism is on point.
Too much finger-wagging for my taste.
A post-it note with “I park like an asshole” would have done the job.
A QR Code with a Contact and this would be perfect.
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What asshole would put their bikes there?!? I would expect them to call the cops to remove the bikes and fine (heavily) the idiots who block a disabled access route.
Question is if there was any indication that the railing is often dedicated to handicaped people.
Deserved.
1000 combinations, enough time to maybe learn the lesson.
Isn’t it illegal to lock someone’s bike?
Another option would be to get the police to remove them but that means one fucked padlock and a fee to get it back. This seems like an acceptable compromise.
I mean I hate “bikes in the way” (driving or not) as much as anyone, but this is just an angry person doing a shitty thing.
Someone who is able to put that lock there definitely doesn’t need a fucking handrail
The more proactive, less passive aggressive action would be to proceed with civil services to install a small but visible indication sign, so as to prevent further incidents of this traditional tom-foolery.
Lool is that in Zurich?
They’re open in less than 20 Minutes (16.666… Minutes if you count the wheels up from 000 to 999, turning 1 stop per second). It’s honestly not too bad.
Anything worse and they’d probably have gotten sued already.
If cyclists want to be treated like cars in traffic and have their own lanes and parking spots then I guess they will also have to use them instead of chaining their biked to whatever they feel like.
100% support this and the message is perfect. Bravo to whoever did this.
Haha, thats funny! Take it with humor, you fucked up and know next time to not leave your velo at random places
Perhaps it‘s not the wisest thing to put your bike there but the ground even seems to be flat so it‘s not as if someone blocked an entrance for wheelchairs or something.
Meanwhile locking people‘s bikes is pretty much the shittiest thing you can do.
I just got less respect for the whole cause and those behind that action because of that.
If it wasn’t marked in anyway, how should people know? Leave a note next time, instead of wasting pieples time with little useless puzzles. Those locks a re a joke to take off, btw.
Honestly this is a great way to make a point! Like somebody else said, it’s a minor inconvenience, as it is easily opened in 15 mins, but really delivers the message 🙂
I get the anger. And I’m sure this is really annoying for people who need these rails.
But if these people who placed the lock want something to change, they should put this effort into advocating for more secure bike parking. Finding a place to lock your bike in Zurich can be annoying.
Stop driving cars, use bikes! But don’t _park_ your bikes, what are you, crazy?
I’m only beginning to learn German. Does Schloss also mean lock?
Free lock – I’m in. Where do I have to park?
Sounds to me like there is a need for adequate bike parking. This is a failure of the government.
„Dieses Geländer wird von mobil eingeschränkten Personen gebraucht, darum sorge ich hiermit dafür dass Sie ihr Velo nicht mehr wegbewegen können. bitte gern gscheh, ademessi.“ 🤦🏻♂️
It’s an overly aggressive way to deliver the message which imho draws a bad light on handicap international. For example, a simple large sticker over the break lever would force the bike owner to read the same message. Also, this isn’t going to solve the issue in the long run, because there will be still to few parking spots in the area for bikes and no sign prohibiting parking at the handle bar. Imagine how much more could have been achieved spending all that energy instead to organize a local initiative together with a local bike NGO to get proper safe bike parking installed as an alternative?
I agree 100% with putting a lock on, otherwise some people will never learn.
I need some context here.
In the image, we see some bikes parked on a street along a wall, on a level sidewalk, i.e. on the same height as the street. So anyone who needs a wheelchair or walking rack or anything can easily go around.
Yet all the Swiss in here are saying GG to this.
so what’s missing? Assuming the Swiss don’t usually do vandalism, is the street not flat, is there a dragon in the middle of the street, what?
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No, it‘s malicious to harass handicapped people.
That is a very clever action. A 3-digit padlock is cracked in 10-15 min tops. And the symbolism is on point.
Too much finger-wagging for my taste.
A post-it note with “I park like an asshole” would have done the job.
A QR Code with a Contact and this would be perfect.
No
What asshole would put their bikes there?!? I would expect them to call the cops to remove the bikes and fine (heavily) the idiots who block a disabled access route.
Question is if there was any indication that the railing is often dedicated to handicaped people.
Deserved.
1000 combinations, enough time to maybe learn the lesson.
Isn’t it illegal to lock someone’s bike?
Another option would be to get the police to remove them but that means one fucked padlock and a fee to get it back. This seems like an acceptable compromise.
I mean I hate “bikes in the way” (driving or not) as much as anyone, but this is just an angry person doing a shitty thing.
Someone who is able to put that lock there definitely doesn’t need a fucking handrail
The more proactive, less passive aggressive action would be to proceed with civil services to install a small but visible indication sign, so as to prevent further incidents of this traditional tom-foolery.
Lool is that in Zurich?
They’re open in less than 20 Minutes (16.666… Minutes if you count the wheels up from 000 to 999, turning 1 stop per second). It’s honestly not too bad.
Anything worse and they’d probably have gotten sued already.
If cyclists want to be treated like cars in traffic and have their own lanes and parking spots then I guess they will also have to use them instead of chaining their biked to whatever they feel like.
100% support this and the message is perfect. Bravo to whoever did this.
Haha, thats funny! Take it with humor, you fucked up and know next time to not leave your velo at random places
Perhaps it‘s not the wisest thing to put your bike there but the ground even seems to be flat so it‘s not as if someone blocked an entrance for wheelchairs or something.
Meanwhile locking people‘s bikes is pretty much the shittiest thing you can do.
I just got less respect for the whole cause and those behind that action because of that.
If it wasn’t marked in anyway, how should people know? Leave a note next time, instead of wasting pieples time with little useless puzzles. Those locks a re a joke to take off, btw.
Honestly this is a great way to make a point! Like somebody else said, it’s a minor inconvenience, as it is easily opened in 15 mins, but really delivers the message 🙂
I get the anger. And I’m sure this is really annoying for people who need these rails.
But if these people who placed the lock want something to change, they should put this effort into advocating for more secure bike parking. Finding a place to lock your bike in Zurich can be annoying.
Stop driving cars, use bikes! But don’t _park_ your bikes, what are you, crazy?
Of course the note is laminated 😉
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I’m only beginning to learn German. Does Schloss also mean lock?
Free lock – I’m in. Where do I have to park?
Sounds to me like there is a need for adequate bike parking. This is a failure of the government.
„Dieses Geländer wird von mobil eingeschränkten Personen gebraucht, darum sorge ich hiermit dafür dass Sie ihr Velo nicht mehr wegbewegen können. bitte gern gscheh, ademessi.“ 🤦🏻♂️
It’s an overly aggressive way to deliver the message which imho draws a bad light on handicap international. For example, a simple large sticker over the break lever would force the bike owner to read the same message. Also, this isn’t going to solve the issue in the long run, because there will be still to few parking spots in the area for bikes and no sign prohibiting parking at the handle bar. Imagine how much more could have been achieved spending all that energy instead to organize a local initiative together with a local bike NGO to get proper safe bike parking installed as an alternative?
I agree 100% with putting a lock on, otherwise some people will never learn.
I need some context here.
In the image, we see some bikes parked on a street along a wall, on a level sidewalk, i.e. on the same height as the street. So anyone who needs a wheelchair or walking rack or anything can easily go around.
Yet all the Swiss in here are saying GG to this.
so what’s missing? Assuming the Swiss don’t usually do vandalism, is the street not flat, is there a dragon in the middle of the street, what?