yes On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Eric Westhagen <[email protected]>wrote:
> But Tim, would you condone "selective enforcement" when it came to cars > and trucks? Fortunately, stop signs and lights are not a big thing---"out > my way."-----ew > > tim wong wrote: > > While it's good to know that Shorewood Hills police are enforcing stop > signs on that bike path, implying through "'all we're asking is that > bicyclists slow down so they're able to stop if a car is there," that they > are interested in safety and crash prevention, unfortunately this is NOT the > case with the Madison Police Dept. The MPD is stopping bicyclists in > isolated locations for not coming to a complete stop or for going through > stop lights after stopping for most of the light--in other words, they > appear intent on revenue enhancement rather than promoting safety or > targeting the many bicyclists who ride dangerously. > > I have heard of this activity both on State St. and on East Dayton near > Blount and Blair. Be warned! > > It would be nice if MPD were to be conscious of the "Idaho laws" and only > enforced the motor vehicle laws that pose a risk to safety. That apparently > is not the case with MPD. > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Robbie Webber <[email protected]>wrote: > > Even if you don't always agree with everything said, or wish that more > or different information was included, I think publicity about > bicycling is good. > Today's Cap Times had an article about Shorewood Hills police > ticketing bicyclists for blowing through stop signs. From the article: > > "In fact, police in the leafy green suburb on Lake Mendota wrote some > 20 citations to offending cyclists last week and plan to keep at it > all summer, says village Police Chief Dennis Pine. > > Pine says the village isn't demanding that bicyclists come to a > complete halt and set a foot down at stop signs. > > "All we're asking is that bicyclists slow down so they're able to stop > if a car is there," says Pine." > > I can live with that. At least slow to the point where you _could_ > stop if needed. Look like you are making an effort. > > more at: > > http://host.madison.com/ct/business/biz_beat/article_d9f03bc2-52f4-11df-ab7f-001cc4c002e0.html > > Also in the (campus) news, and not associated with the Badger Herald, > in case you were wondering, was this short video clip from the > Wisconsin Bike Summit. Of course, she did interviews for about 1/2 > hour, and we talked about many topics, but the report is just under 2 > minutes. Oh, well. > > > http://badgerreport.journalism.wisc.edu/madison-wants-more-bicycle-commuters > > Robbie Webber > Bike Walk Madison Steering Committee > Join our group on Facebook! > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing > [email protected]http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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