Originally Posted by SBRDude

There is a steep little hill near my house that is impossible to keep at/under 30 (the posted limit) in a car or on a bike without really riding the brakes. Cops sit at the bottom and write tickets all the time. It's a total speed trap and the only reason to have it at 30 is to write tickets. Anyway, I always slow down in my car, but it never occurred to me to go slow on a bike. My canned excuse to cops (I haven't had to try it yet) is that whatever laws I break when cycling I'm only doing so that I can get the hell off this dangerous part of roadway as quickly as possible. Playing up the safety angle seems like the only reasonable strategy, but like I said, I haven't had a chance to try it. Oh, and yes, I do routinely break some traffic laws when I feel like they're a bit ridiculous. I have never had a problem with cops when doing that.