Ticketing Cyclists for Speeding and Other infractions

[Germany_chris]

When I worked in Stuttgart my commute home (Panzer Kaserene to Schönaich for those that live here) was all down hill to the point that I didn't need to turn the pedals to get home. I got flashed on a really fun hill that brought me into town, 4 or so months later I got stopped in a DUI check point and the officer brought up the fact that bikes have brakes and I should use them next time I came into town.

[ThasFACE]

Originally Posted by reuben

Slow crime day.

Comes and goes in waves in Central Park, and as much as I don't like the idea of getting popped for a ticket for something benign, I'd rather have NYPD doing something to manage the situation since I see a _lot_ of people who deserve tickets of some sort. Assholes doing speed work during regular hours (read: with armies of tourists wandering around), ripping through tricky intersections, etc. Legit dangerous stuff.

[glepore]

Originally Posted by rallizes

do you drive a motor vehicle?

do you obey posted highway speed limits?

No, not always. I'm not a hypocrite

But I don't whine about traffic enforcement or beyoch when I get a ticket for over the limit.

[ripvanrando]

I'd love to receive a speeding citation on my bicycle.

I'd flash it to my wife and son, both of whom say I drive too slow.

A British fellow got a speeding ticket on Paris Brest Paris in 2019.

[duff_duffy]

I got pulled over with light/sirens in OC Maryland years ago for riding in bus lane going wrong direction. Cop was mad - almost hit me when he pulled out and only looked to his left. Actually had good interaction, no ticket, and to this day am super cautious of riding on wrong side for any reason. Other time got pulled over on a BMX bike on highway in my youth. Got a ride home in car for that one!

[retropean]

Originally Posted by rallizes

do you drive a motor vehicle?

do you obey posted highway speed limits?

Why wouldn’t he? Kind of a weird assumption that everyone speeds…

[verticaldoug]

Okay assholes, where are your bike bells? You must have a bike bell to warn pedistrians.

[bicycletricycle]

Originally Posted by rallizes

do you drive a motor vehicle?

do you obey posted highway speed limits?

Breaking the law doesn’t mean you think your above it.
Complaining about the law being applied to you when you break it does.

[ripvanrando]

Originally Posted by verticaldoug

Okay assholes, where are your bike bells? You must have a bike bell to warn pedistrians.

I am probably the only one with a bell, I guess that makes me the token asshole

I mostly use to troll a pack of fast riders, it annoys the **** out of them that some old fart on a recumbent is passing them saying things like, "lovely day, would you happen to have Grey Poop on"

[alexihnen]

Originally Posted by retropean

Why wouldn’t he? Kind of a weird assumption that everyone speeds…

No. Everyone speeds. Everyone. Everyone at some point fails to come to a complete stop at a stop sign. Everyone. All of us. Without exception. And yes, I would be perturbed if I got a speeding ticket going 37mph in a 35. Or maybe 68mph in a 65. But the officer would correct. The idea that anyone wouldn’t recognize this just shows how we all do it, probably everyday.

[ripvanrando]

If you are just nice and honest with the officer, they let you go.

I was doing around 130 out West and when he pulled me over, he asked how fast I was going. "I said that I had no idea but I was really flying. I was moving good, nobody on the road in the desert" He asked where the radar detector was. "It is hidden How do you know I have a radar detector?" "When I turned the gun on, your headlights dipped to the ground, and all that stuff in the front seat used to be in the back seat, and please step out.....look at your glowing rotors". I am sorry, I was really flying. Just go a warning and asked to keep it below 90. Welcomed me to the state.

[bigbill]

In 1991, I got a pulled for 49mph in a 35 zone. Finn Hill Road in Poulsbo, WA for folks familiar with the area. He wouldn't ticket me because he was unsure of his radar calibration for a bicycle. My Avocet computer said 48 mph.

On the Northeast Texas Trail, I saw law enforcement stop folks in town for speeding (15 mph) but outside of busy areas, they didn't bother. It never really bugged me to hold 15 mph for a few miles until I got outside city limits.

[Germany_chris]

Originally Posted by verticaldoug

Okay assholes, where are your bike bells? You must have a bike bell to warn pedistrians.

On my handlebar

[pdonk]

Originally Posted by verticaldoug

Okay assholes, where are your bike bells? You must have a bike bell to warn pedistrians.

That is so 2009 in this city

https://www.toronto.com/news-story/4...n-188-tickets/

Yes they did a bike bell ticketing blitz.

[Plum Hill]

Originally Posted by Shrevvy

I would proudly display a speeding ticket received while riding a bike for anything above a 25 mph zone.

A friend was pulled over for speeding on his bike in St. Louis’ Forest Park.
He was going to get a ticket, but the officer put the book away with the comment “you’d only brag about it to your friends”.
The officer was 100% correct.