BREISGAU-S-BAHN DROP
Bottomless cheek
A reader writes about the article “Overfilled S-Bahn after vehicle breakdown” (22.9):
It is an absolute cheek that at this rush hour there is only one train compartment with three wagons from the Kaiserstuhl to Freiburg. Especially against the background that we are currently experiencing a corona pandemic. I refer to the Infection Protection Act, which states that despite the mask you should keep your distance. How is this supposed to work with a short and therefore completely overcrowded train? Every small club and every restaurant has to strictly adhere to all requirements in order to avoid penalties. But the railway is allowed to kick them with its feet and does not have to fear any consequences? I absolutely can no longer understand it! This is a bottomless cheek and puts me in enormous danger. In my private life I pay close attention to all hygiene rules, but when I drive to work, do I have to consistently ignore them if I want to come along? It can not be!
In the case of school buses, the maximum number of students is discussed, but in trains it doesn’t seem to matter with the railways if they are overcrowded? In the run-up to the electrification, it was always communicated that there are replacement vehicles in Freiburg that will be used at short notice. Why can’t they run at the moment and thus significantly lengthen the train? I hope I don’t have to experience this kind of situation again. You should actually be compensated for that.
Fabian Fellmann, Gottenheim
MOUNTAIN BIKERS AND HIKERS
Consideration for the weak
Numerous readers reported on the article “Mountain bikers are courted” (22.9):
Sometimes you can’t be safe from mountain bikers descending on the forest roads, for example St. Valentin. If you switch to the narrow paths, you will inevitably lead to mostly unpleasant encounters of a similar nature. Courtesy of mountain bikers is usually in short supply, the answers to hints about the two-meter rule are often in the unnecessary area. Similarities to behavior on motorways are obvious, lawns, jostling, elbows extended. Coexistence requires consideration for the weaker. Michael Praetorius, Freiburg
It’s about the kick
Urs Bauer’s statement that the two-meter rule lacks any meaningfulness must be contradicted. Forest and meadow paths in particular often have a not too solid soil structure, which is torn up in a short time by the studs of the wheel tires, especially when it is wet. It is least of all about the “Grss-Gott-Kultur”, but rather about the “messing up” of the paths, which in many places can no longer be described as hiking trails, for example in the Vosges where the two-meter rule does not apply. Mountain bikers and hikers do not have the same interests in nature. The hiker enjoys nature to the right and left of the path, which is only possible if you don’t have to concentrate too much on the path. And anyone who has ever been on a mountain bike knows that you have to concentrate fully on the path and enjoy the inanimate nature. This is about the kick.
Bernhard Wasmer, Ballrechten-Dottingen
Feels extremely disturbed
When staying in the forest, you want to be carefree and relaxed. It seems to me as if the hiker species is to be driven out of the forest for good. It doesn’t help that cyclists say thank you very much for avoiding them, you feel extremely disturbed, especially since you are not spared even on small trails. Where is the relaxation? The Black Forest Association should remember its origins, to promote hiking, to protect and support pedestrians in the forest and not to push the cyclists one-sided. Helga Willhauck, Stegen
This is arbitrary
The two-meter rule makes no sense, says the mountain biker, because it is not adhered to anyway. That is purely arbitrary: what is useful makes sense. The two-meter rule rather protects pedestrians who want to be on the narrow paths without stress. That seems strange to another. But so far the forest has been a recreation area, a place of calm. Over and over when rules for protection are no longer respected and recognized. Joachim Widmaier, Freiburg
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