NOLA City Council passes $300 minimum fine for bike lane violations

I drive in the quarter and downtown every day for extended periods of time. I've had many close calls and dangerous moments with bikes. One of them were my fault. The rest were the fault of bicyclists ignoring the rules of the road and otherwise acting in unpredictable and selfish ways. I know there are drivers who really don't give bikes the caution and respect they deserve. I ride my bike too and have been victim to it. But in New Orleans, at least an equal part of the problem, from my perspective, is the people on the bikes themselves. It's literally everyday I have to hit my brakes to avoid a collision with a bike that blows through a stop sign or turns into oncoming traffic on a one way. The same goes for pedestrians. It's absolutely nuts.