You didn't consider that he was behind the OP? That would make the most sense. OP is in the bike lane ahead of the officer, officer watches OP coast through stop sign and catches up to pull him over.
I'm reading the base fines total $146 for this infraction. Do you guys think the judge has the authority to reduce that or does he just have to go off of the schedule?
edit: reading up on the law it seems my county is exempt from the penalty schedule.. so hopefully that means I get fined less (not more!) if I write a letter asking for leniency
edit: reading up on the law it seems my county is exempt from the penalty schedule.. so hopefully that means I get fined less (not more!) if I write a letter asking for leniency
jlee
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- Sep 12, 2001
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40+mph in 30mph residential areas is not unheard of.
I've stopped cyclists- primarily for running stop signs, but also for no lights at night (usually when I'm on foot at night and they go by). I will continue to do so until they smarten up and realize that it's not a good idea to be scooting around and running stop signs when nobody can see you.
Judges are practically God in their courtroom.
alkemyst
No Lifer
- Feb 13, 2001
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well most are borderline retards.
Whenever you are using the roadway with a vehicle (motorized or not) you must obey traffic devices.
It's not really to protect you, it's to protect US from said retard getting plowed and without insurance sueing the state.
It's also illegal to speed on a bike (at University of Florida it was easy to go over 15mph on the side streets)...the fines are pretty much the same.
Also it's not legal to fly down a street and bunny hop up on the sidewalk to 'crosswalk' at intersections either.
My first and only near-experience with a bike ticket was at UF. I was going downhill on campus near the old bookstore and a cop drives next to me and tells me to slow down or he would write me up.
I hope they're still allocating campus resources to important issues like that.
Sorry man. But if you do the deed, you'll pay the fine. One day anyway.
And I wasn't really kidding. Cyclists bitch about sharing the road with autos but they very seldom have any sense to follow traffic rules. I see it too often in San Francisco and Sunnyvale where bicyclists routinely run red lights like nothing applies to them.
Bitch and moan all you want about insensitivity.
I got out just fine. As I didn't have a car my first three years, I pretty much rode my bike everywhere. And it wasn't a closed street, and I was in the bike lane.
I'm out a lot at UC Irvine, and was out a lot at U of A. These places have thousands of bikes going everywhere at all times of day. In all of my years, I've never seen a bike crash.
DrPizza
Administrator Elite Member Goat Whisperer
If you got ticketed for 5mph, then the cop was a jerk. But, if you "rolled through" at 15mph, you got what you deserved. I tried for years to get a ticket while bike riding, but was never successful in getting an officer to even pull me over. The only ticket I wanted though was for speeding. "50 in a 30.. on a 10-speed" That ticket would be framed.
Pretty sure this counts as a moving violation and would affect insurance. Of course you can do the Ticket Assassin method, and is that doesn't work, you can almost certainly take traffic school to clear it from insurance. Everyone at traffic school will get a kick out of your story.
The CHP bought the last batch of Camaros back in the day, but I haven't seen them on the road in years. They generally hit their ~100K service life in three years or so. Local departments may still have a few on the road.
The CHP bought the last batch of Camaros back in the day, but I haven't seen them on the road in years. They generally hit their ~100K service life in three years or so. Local departments may still have a few on the road.
I usually roll through at 5kmh-ish, so slow that I could stop at the sign within 2 feet and not lock a wheel. I can see why you wouldn't, but it's retarded not to, since you can't beat a car.
nakedfrog
No Lifer
- Apr 3, 2001
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Yep, I see no problem there. There was actually a motorcyclist here who got his reckless driving charge dismissed because the judge agreed that since there were no other motorists on the highway, he wasn't endangering anyone else.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4510992.stm
The only ticket I've almost received while biking was not having a light while driving at night. I was unlucky enough to bike through a traffic stop.
Come to NYC. You won't get a ticket for that. And despite it being a $300 fine to honk your horn, you can do it at 3am with a cop right beside you and not even get looked at.
Seriously, though, I've always seen people stop at the suburbs but I've never imagined a cop would actually get you on it.
Seriously, though, I've always seen people stop at the suburbs but I've never imagined a cop would actually get you on it.
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