Rules That Were Supposed to Help But Ended up a Big Fail

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Pedal Problems

My high school’s student council decided to use their funds to build a bike cage. The idea was to reduce theft. Bikes go in at the start of the day and are locked up until the end of the day. There would still be racks outside the cage for students who needed to leave in the middle of the day (dentist, cutting class, etc).

I told the other council members that the bike cage would cause a huge increase in traffic as what was previously an open bike rack would now have one exit and entrance. Additionally, it would actually increase theft as people could now cut locks in the cage without worrying about someone looking at them through the covered fence (they were planning a chainlink fence with slats in it).

GUESS WHAT HAPPENED??!? Bike theft increased, and traffic around the bike cage became a nightmare.

I quit the student council after they made that decision.