LAPD cracking down on bikes?
09-16-08, 05:26 PM
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I got pulled for rolling a stop sign on Sunday. Nobody for 2 blocks. Closest was a motorcycle, who turned out to be a cop. He made an illegal U Turn, cut off 2 cars (without lights or sirens) to tell me not to roll stop signs.
09-16-08, 10:46 PM
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09-17-08, 10:45 AM
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Track stands?
I have a question, do track stands count as a stop or do you have to put your foot down?
09-24-08, 10:20 AM
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09-24-08, 11:57 AM
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However, my daughter (who was studying for her driver's license) quoted to me that a stop in a car must be for 3-seconds.
09-24-08, 12:03 PM
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Just found this from a trusted source:
Some of the violations under Section 12810 clearly do not apply to bicycles. However, some of the violations do apply; in California, the following violations will result in two points being applied against your license:
§ 20001. Duty to stop at scene of injury accident. Under this statute, you are required to stop and provide the required information whenever you are involved in an accident resulting in injury to any person other than yourself.
§ 20002. Duty where property damaged. Under this statute, you are required to provide the required information to the owner of any property damaged in a collision in which you are involved.
§ 21651. Divided Highways. Under this statute, you are prohibited from riding against traffic on a divided highway.
§ 23103. Reckless driving. Under this statute, you are prohibited from riding your bike “in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.”
§ 23140. Persons under 21 years of age. Under this statute, it is illegal for persons under the age of 21 to ride with a blood alcohol content of .05 percent or higher.
§ 23153. Driving under the influence and causing bodily injury to another person. Under this statute, it is unlawful for any person who is riding under the influence of any alcoholic beverage or drug, to injure another person as a result of violating any law while riding under the influence.
Furthermore, one point will be applied against your license if you are involved in any accident for which the DMV deems you to be responsible.§ 20002. Duty where property damaged. Under this statute, you are required to provide the required information to the owner of any property damaged in a collision in which you are involved.
§ 21651. Divided Highways. Under this statute, you are prohibited from riding against traffic on a divided highway.
§ 23103. Reckless driving. Under this statute, you are prohibited from riding your bike “in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.”
§ 23140. Persons under 21 years of age. Under this statute, it is illegal for persons under the age of 21 to ride with a blood alcohol content of .05 percent or higher.
§ 23153. Driving under the influence and causing bodily injury to another person. Under this statute, it is unlawful for any person who is riding under the influence of any alcoholic beverage or drug, to injure another person as a result of violating any law while riding under the influence.
09-24-08, 01:36 PM
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As a former non-biker, I can tell you it P*$$3$ drivers off when you weave around their cars to run the red in front of them. Bikers (including myself) want so badly to have an open, sharing environment on the roadways, and they turn around and en masse fark it up completely by ignoring the gorram laws.
O NOES! Its so annoying to have to stop on a bicyclezorz! Too farking bad you panzy. It's the law.
Sorry to be so blunt, but I love biking, and I would love to see a friendly environment on the roadways, but I know that regardless of how stringently I respect the laws, the drivers that see me have the association with the majority (around here anyway) that don't.
How hypocritical is it to hate the car drivers that so rudely, disrespectfully, and dangerously disregard the laws around bicycles while so many of us do the EXACT SAME THING??
O NOES! Its so annoying to have to stop on a bicyclezorz! Too farking bad you panzy. It's the law.
Sorry to be so blunt, but I love biking, and I would love to see a friendly environment on the roadways, but I know that regardless of how stringently I respect the laws, the drivers that see me have the association with the majority (around here anyway) that don't.
How hypocritical is it to hate the car drivers that so rudely, disrespectfully, and dangerously disregard the laws around bicycles while so many of us do the EXACT SAME THING??
09-24-08, 03:09 PM
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Just found this from a trusted source:
09-26-08, 02:46 PM
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If cops are going to pull cyclists over for stop signs, red lights, etc. they need to also be helpful when a cyclist gets hit or files a complaint against a driver. I've heard many stories of a cop not citing a driver who hits a cyclist, or a cyclist that files a complaint against a road raging/threatening driver and the PD won't do anything about it since technically no one got hurt. Of course I don't have any statistics to back this up and it is completely anecdotal, but I can imagine the PD not doing anything because "nothing happened".
11-04-08, 05:03 AM
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yes you could, i got a speeding ticket in Santa Monica doing 40 in a 25... and bolting through a red light blindly at speed is stupid. Slow down and look for c ops, and make a minor rt turn, then safely arc back and continue though. If one blows through a red light it is probably a good thing to receive a ticket, as people get mowed down all the time...so do it safely...and make a stop if there is a cop as you are open game for them...
