Originally Posted by Turd Ferguson

I was the unhappy recipient of a $110 ticket few weeks back for riding through a stop sign. The kicker was - I saw the cop ahead of time. Never dawned on me that I'd ever get a ticket on a bicycle. Next time, I run from the fuzz !!

Anyway, seeing that CL link... I don't think the cop was looking stupid that day. Negotiating with traffic cops is a useless endevour, the see only black & white. They move to traffic duty because their wives tell them so.