How many tickets on a bike this year?
08-21-15, 02:12 PM
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How many tickets on a bike this year?
I have a friend that's earned 2 tickets at 3-way stops this summer.
Seems to be a crack down underway around here lately.
How's your count so far?
UPDATE: Not Guilty on both tickets. Contested both with Trial by Declaration.
Seems to be a crack down underway around here lately.
How's your count so far?
UPDATE: Not Guilty on both tickets. Contested both with Trial by Declaration.
Last edited by f4rrest; 03-23-16 at 09:46 PM. Reason: Update with verdicts.
08-21-15, 02:21 PM
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Same as my count for my entire life: 0
Shame you didn't start this thread in the A&S forum. The drama would likely have been off the hook.
Shame you didn't start this thread in the A&S forum. The drama would likely have been off the hook.
08-21-15, 02:39 PM
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I am a road cyclist and don't know anyone who has ever gotten a ticket.
08-21-15, 02:50 PM
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Same here. But I would have liked to give tickets to a few cyclists over the years.
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08-21-15, 03:25 PM
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No cycling tickets... ever.
Now, if I could only push the speed up a little more, I could hunt for a school zone which they actively patrol.
Do school zones on hills count?
Cycling citations seem to be very location specific.
Now, if I could only push the speed up a little more, I could hunt for a school zone which they actively patrol.
Do school zones on hills count?
Cycling citations seem to be very location specific.
08-21-15, 03:26 PM
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Zero this year. Zero every year.
08-21-15, 03:47 PM
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I've never gotten a ticket.
Though I've tried very hard to get cited for speeding on flat ground in a zone where the limit is at least 25mph. I only managed to get pulled over once that way -- I was doing 31. He said the reason he pulled me over was it looked like I was having too much fun...
Though I've tried very hard to get cited for speeding on flat ground in a zone where the limit is at least 25mph. I only managed to get pulled over once that way -- I was doing 31. He said the reason he pulled me over was it looked like I was having too much fun...
08-21-15, 03:57 PM
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Never had a ticket, but I always stop at stop signs and lights. Yeah, right. And I'm a Chinese jet pilot. 
08-21-15, 04:34 PM
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08-21-15, 04:45 PM
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I got a ticket going up the 39 for impeding traffic or something like that. I think there was 1 car behind me. Apparently that's a pretty common ticket in LA County.
08-21-15, 04:47 PM
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Hope you challenged it.
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08-21-15, 04:48 PM
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0 ever. mind you I just guaranteed by writing this that I'll get one tomorrow.
08-21-15, 04:51 PM
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In Ponte Vedra, the police strictly enforce stop signs for road cyclists. Roll through a stop sign in a car, no problem; roll through a stop sign on a beach cruiser, no problem; roll through a stop sign wearing Lycra, ticket.
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08-21-15, 04:53 PM
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Never had a ticket either, but I've had Cops give me plenty of attention. I've been followed multiple times at reasonable distance (3 or more car lengths) like they are watching to bust me for anything. I've had them pull up along-side me and stare me down, which I ignored (In Garden Grove).
Best of all, I got stopped and field interviewed in Irvine,Ca by Commanders in an unmarked Crown Vic. They claimed that I was trying to flee from them, so they had PC to stop me. That was a day where I tried to do a sub-3-hour 62 mile ride and was redlined much of the time, as in not surprised if I was babbling and incoherent when trying to talk that day.
Cops, more so than average motorists, should have situation awareness and should have some idea what a Road bicyclist is about: as in Roadie versus fixie-hipster vs Ninja-hipster vs Tourist-with-beach-cruiser.
Best of all, I got stopped and field interviewed in Irvine,Ca by Commanders in an unmarked Crown Vic. They claimed that I was trying to flee from them, so they had PC to stop me. That was a day where I tried to do a sub-3-hour 62 mile ride and was redlined much of the time, as in not surprised if I was babbling and incoherent when trying to talk that day.
Cops, more so than average motorists, should have situation awareness and should have some idea what a Road bicyclist is about: as in Roadie versus fixie-hipster vs Ninja-hipster vs Tourist-with-beach-cruiser.
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Let's add to the question... ever been pulled over by a bike-riding policeman? Don't know why but the movie Premium Rush popped into my head..
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I got a warning ticket once. That's about it. It was for cycling on National Park property, before hours.
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Never had a ticket either, but I've had Cops give me plenty of attention. I've been followed multiple times at reasonable distance (3 or more car lengths) like they are watching to bust me for anything. I've had them pull up along-side me and stare me down, which I ignored (In Garden Grove).
Best of all, I got stopped and field interviewed in Irvine,Ca by Commanders in an unmarked Crown Vic. They claimed that I was trying to flee from them, so they had PC to stop me. That was a day where I tried to do a sub-3-hour 62 mile ride and was redlined much of the time, as in not surprised if I was babbling and incoherent when trying to talk that day.
Cops, more so than average motorists, should have situational awareness and should have some idea what a Road bicyclist is about: as in Roadie versus fixie-hipster vs Ninja-hipster vs Tourist-with-beach-cruiser.
Best of all, I got stopped and field interviewed in Irvine,Ca by Commanders in an unmarked Crown Vic. They claimed that I was trying to flee from them, so they had PC to stop me. That was a day where I tried to do a sub-3-hour 62 mile ride and was redlined much of the time, as in not surprised if I was babbling and incoherent when trying to talk that day.
Cops, more so than average motorists, should have situational awareness and should have some idea what a Road bicyclist is about: as in Roadie versus fixie-hipster vs Ninja-hipster vs Tourist-with-beach-cruiser.
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08-21-15, 05:17 PM
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No tickets, but not for lack of trying to exceed speed limits.
I did get pulled over once by a cruiser who followed me on the MUP! The cop actually called for backup on me - I had two police cars on the MUP itself and one in the parking lot about a thousand feet back. I had briefly considered making a run for it, but with all the flashing lights I had running it didn't seem like a good play.
He said that it raised his suspicion that the bicycle was "sneaking around" by riding so silently at night.
I did get pulled over once by a cruiser who followed me on the MUP! The cop actually called for backup on me - I had two police cars on the MUP itself and one in the parking lot about a thousand feet back. I had briefly considered making a run for it, but with all the flashing lights I had running it didn't seem like a good play.
He said that it raised his suspicion that the bicycle was "sneaking around" by riding so silently at night.