Originally Posted by
consumes
got stopped in a park at night by police searching for a perp that fled ... k9 unit ...ar15's .. about 6 cop cars after looking at my id.. i was instructed to walk my bike to the outer edge of the park ... never heard what the guy did .. or if they ever found him
Thank you for triggering a memory.
Several years ago as I was riding home from a local seafood restaurant, I was taking a shortcut through an alley. As I'm approaching a cinder block wall there is a cop crouched down behind the wall. I've got my lights burning a dual-headlight with 10/12-watt quartz halogen bulbs, and a headlight with a 12-watt quartz halogen bulb mounted on my helmet.
Needless to say that I lit up not only the road, but I also lit up the cop. Who proceeded to indicate with his hands what I can only presume meant that he wanted me to either dim or turn off my lights.
How ironic is it that a cop would tell a cyclist to make themselves less not more visible?