I'm glad everyone's run ins with the law haven't turned violent, and I'm
glad I've never gotten a ticket for just riding around. I've been pulled
over by a campus cop for running a stop sign, and I've had a cop
arbitrarily decide not to cite a motorist, when I ended up on the hood of
the car
I've been pulled over twice. Once was in the 70's when I was stationed in
Germany, for not having a bell on my bike - I went out the next day and
bought a Mickey Mouse bell, which I still have. The second time was on
campus in Santa Barbara - I had walked my bike down a sidewalk, got to
where
Hooboy, only once and it was quite a strange instance.
It was 10 years ago in college, I had gotten home from an evening run that
was very hot and warranted tossing my shirt along the bike path (still not
sure why I did that). I decided to ride back on my beater to retrieve my
shirt but at
Aaron, I've gotta go with Justin. I'm generally pretty accommodating. The
first instance, mid-morning, no traffic, deep in a a suburban neighborhood,
the cop could see I was safe. No blowing through the stop sign at full
speed, etc. I explained I was safe about my riding, my intent is not to
On Sunday, September 13, 2020 at 1:32:26 PM UTC-4 A. Douglas M. wrote:
> I never understood the point of arguing with an officer in these
> situations. It only serves to prolong the incident? I also find it
> interesting to see animosity towards people doing their job from what is
> usually a
When riding in traffic I always stop at a red and take the lane. As soon
at it turns green I move over to the right, I used to be better about
stopping completely at stop signs, I do slow up a lot to see what is
coming. Even at a 4 way stop I don’t trust most drivers to not try and beat
me
I never understood the point of arguing with an officer in these
situations. It only serves to prolong the incident? I also find it
interesting to see animosity towards people doing their job from what is
usually a super friendly group of people. (Cyclists and especially RBW
cyclists)
I’ve
Like Justin, I've receive 2 tickets for rolling through stop signs, in the
middle of suburbia. One was riding to daily class to CSUN in Northridge CA,
second one coming from a geo friends house, different neighborhood but same
town. First time I refused to give the cop physical proof of my
On Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 6:43:23 PM UTC-5 Joel wrote:
> So I wonder if any of you have ever been pulled over on your bike?
>
Once by a rent-a-cop, once by a random stranger.
Long ago I did Wednesday night rides that left from UW-Milwaukee's student
union. One night I was at the
