Holy shatz! Cop stops bicycle! - Page 47 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

06-14-2004, 03:34 PM

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Tanya wrote:

> > > [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

> > Interesting!

> Surely not interesting to the folks that find themselves with big fat
> tickets for not having a bell or for doing a rolling stop at a stop
> sign.

Well, neither is it "interesting" for a motorist to receive a ticket
for rolling through a stop sign (there is no such thing as a "rolling
stop" -- if you're rolling, you didn't stop!) or for driving a car not
equipped with a horn.

> > > > Be nice if cops could/would (they probably can) write tickets and
> > > > impound bicycles until the ticket is paid.
> > >
> > > Do you think they should do the same for automobiles?
> >
> > That's essentially what refusal to renew registration amounts to.
>
> Ah but the difference is there is a grace period.

....and registration of cars, don't forget that. If bicycles had to be
registered, there'd be no reason for on-the-spot impoundment.

> I'm assuming you are talking about impounding the bicycle on the spot.
> Also refusal to renew registration only amounts to an effective
> impounding if you actually get caught driving the car without the
> renewed registration.

Since the registration expiry date is readily visible to even the casual
observer -- it's right on the rear license plate in most states and
provinces -- this offence gets noticed and ticketed in a hurry.
Practically nobody drives for long with expired plates. And the more
expired they get, the more trouble one stands to get in.

-Stern

06-14-2004, 03:48 PM

Problem is, most of the times the "non-functioning" lights are the one
at intersections where the cross traffic is very busy (ie a highway
while I'm on an "ordinary road." Thus, I essentially have to wait for
green light, which gets annoying if I have to wait so much longer than
actually should

Sometimes the crosswalks don't work either. At one intersection
pressing the button does not get a green light and you wait there unti
you say, "F*ck it, I'm going." and go. Then, of course, the light wil
change. But only after you ran the red

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06-14-2004, 03:48 PM

Problem is, most of the times the "non-functioning" lights are the one
at intersections where the cross traffic is very busy (ie a highway
while I'm on an "ordinary road." Thus, I essentially have to wait for
green light, which gets annoying if I have to wait so much longer than
actually should

Sometimes the crosswalks don't work either. At one intersection
pressing the button does not get a green light and you wait there unti
you say, "F*ck it, I'm going." and go. Then, of course, the light wil
change. But only after you ran the red

-

06-14-2004, 03:48 PM

Problem is, most of the times the "non-functioning" lights are the one
at intersections where the cross traffic is very busy (ie a highway
while I'm on an "ordinary road." Thus, I essentially have to wait for
green light, which gets annoying if I have to wait so much longer than
actually should

Sometimes the crosswalks don't work either. At one intersection
pressing the button does not get a green light and you wait there unti
you say, "F*ck it, I'm going." and go. Then, of course, the light wil
change. But only after you ran the red

-

06-14-2004, 03:48 PM

Problem is, most of the times the "non-functioning" lights are the one
at intersections where the cross traffic is very busy (ie a highway
while I'm on an "ordinary road." Thus, I essentially have to wait for
green light, which gets annoying if I have to wait so much longer than
actually should

Sometimes the crosswalks don't work either. At one intersection
pressing the button does not get a green light and you wait there unti
you say, "F*ck it, I'm going." and go. Then, of course, the light wil
change. But only after you ran the red

-

06-14-2004, 03:48 PM

Problem is, most of the times the "non-functioning" lights are the one
at intersections where the cross traffic is very busy (ie a highway
while I'm on an "ordinary road." Thus, I essentially have to wait for
green light, which gets annoying if I have to wait so much longer than
actually should

Sometimes the crosswalks don't work either. At one intersection
pressing the button does not get a green light and you wait there unti
you say, "F*ck it, I'm going." and go. Then, of course, the light wil
change. But only after you ran the red

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06-14-2004, 04:25 PM

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:52:24 -0400,
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] ich.edu>,
"Daniel J. Stern" <dastern@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>Too many
>cyclists misuse the road knowingly and with malice

Pull another fable out of your ass, goof.
--
zk

06-14-2004, 04:25 PM

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:52:24 -0400,
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] ich.edu>,
"Daniel J. Stern" <dastern@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>Too many
>cyclists misuse the road knowingly and with malice

Pull another fable out of your ass, goof.
--
zk

06-14-2004, 04:25 PM

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:52:24 -0400,
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] ich.edu>,
"Daniel J. Stern" <dastern@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>Too many
>cyclists misuse the road knowingly and with malice

Pull another fable out of your ass, goof.
--
zk

06-14-2004, 04:25 PM

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:52:24 -0400,
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] ich.edu>,
"Daniel J. Stern" <dastern@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>Too many
>cyclists misuse the road knowingly and with malice

Pull another fable out of your ass, goof.
--
zk