Originally Posted by
nancy sv
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But I did get a ticket one time - for running a stop sign at 5:00 in the morning! I was riding with two other cyclists and all three of us pedaled through the stop sign together. The other two stopped at the hospital (where they worked), but I kept going to the nursing home a mile farther away. The cop followed me! I couldn't believe he gave me a ticket for running the stop sign when there was NO traffic at all!
It ended up being a big fiasco as I didn't have any money at the time and then I completely forgot to pay the fine. A while later, the police came to my house with a warrant for my arrest - but I was back at college in another state! So then it got even worse - I skipped the state! Fortunately, my mom paid the fine for me and all was well.
What did I learn from all this? Never, ever, give the cops your drivers licence if they stop you. You don't have to have ID while riding a bike. I should have just given th guy some fake name and nobody would have ever found me!
Yikes!
The Ticket itself is no big deal in comparison to providing false information to a police officer...usually involves a mandatory court appearance, very hefty fine, and possibly jail time as well. Just had a friend go through that nightmare....BIG fine and took him over a year to work off the community service he was given in lieu of jail time (plus the bond $$$ he had to post to get out of jail until his court date).
The fine for running a stop sign looked much more appealing to him afterwards.
BAD juju, that.
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