Originally Posted by
elkootcho
A couple of bike cops were actually hiding in the bushes on my commute home last night, jumping out to pull a cyclist over for "running" a red light (a tiny side street). Not sure if they actually ticketed or just gave him a warning. They even had tiny sirens on their bikes.
Lame.
Keep your eyes open if you commute via the Orange Line MUP near Van Nuys Blvd. in the SFV.
Have you ever been pulled over on your bike?
The last time I was pulled over on my bike was in the 7th grade (1995) and it was for not wearing a helmet. I didn't have one because I had locked it up to my bike in the school bike cage and when I came back to it after school let out, it was shattered into a dozen pieces. I walked the cop back to the bike cage to show it to him and he was preparing to write me a citation when my PE teacher came up and chewed him out.
That was the last time I road my bike to school that year. We weren't a family that could afford what was then considered a luxury-- it was originally given to me by a neighbor for whom it didn't fit.