Speeding Tickets?
03-02-10, 01:39 AM
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Speeding Tickets?
I rode down a steep hill near my house tonight and when I told my wife, I said that I wanted her to pace me so I could get an idea of my speed ( I WILL get a speedo this year!). She told me to watch it, I was going to get a ticket and down this hill it wouldn't surprise me but we got to thinking, how many of you have received a speeding ticket?
Excuses and rationalizations are not necessary, but acceptable
Leo H.
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Excuses and rationalizations are not necessary, but acceptable
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03-02-10, 02:18 AM
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I had a cop yell at me "15 miles an hour!" from a speed trap, but he was smiling and laughing about it with the other cop that was there. That's the closest I've gotten. I'd call it a trophy instead of a ticket, though, if I ever do get one.
03-02-10, 05:44 AM
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03-02-10, 06:04 AM
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I've not, but I've spoken with a gent who nearly did. Coming down the mountain near here (Big 4 lane road, but not a freeway) he topped out at 50mph. The cop stopped him and said "I'd give you a ticket, but nobody would believe me - so just slow down, please." 
03-02-10, 06:16 AM
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03-02-10, 08:34 AM
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Oh, let's see... how about going fast enough on a bike to break the speed limit isn't the safest thing you've ever done?!?
Did it once myself, hit 56mph coming out of a state park onto a highway, back in the days of the national 55 limit. Not a cop in sight.
I WOULD ABSOLUTELY FIND A WAY TO FRAME IT IF I GOT A SPEEDING TICKET ON A BIKE!
Did it once myself, hit 56mph coming out of a state park onto a highway, back in the days of the national 55 limit. Not a cop in sight.
I WOULD ABSOLUTELY FIND A WAY TO FRAME IT IF I GOT A SPEEDING TICKET ON A BIKE!
03-02-10, 08:56 AM
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I was going 20 through a city park with a speed limit of 15... Cop stopped me and asked me to keep it down. There's kids running around. Didn't get a ticket.
03-02-10, 09:06 AM
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I've heard of a few fellows who have tried to get a speeding ticket over 50 mph for the purposes of framing it. 
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Here in Ontario, Canada a bicyclist can not get a speeding ticket regardless of how fast we are going. They only apply to motor vehicles, of which we're not.
We can however, be charged with something like careless, or even dangerous driving as they don't have the motor requirement.
We can however, be charged with something like careless, or even dangerous driving as they don't have the motor requirement.
03-02-10, 10:25 AM
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in my municipality, also in canada, city hall embarked on a 'crack down' on (get this) jay walking and bike speeding last summer. i suppose our police force needs to manufacture some sort of social problem that can only be solved by force to justify their ever-ballooning budget.
bike speed limits on the mups were set at 20kmh -- a snail's pace, really, since many of the most policed mups were the ones with long, straight stretches and a parallel 'fast lane' to keep bikes and peds seperated.
i, personally, never got a ticket and would never state publicly on the internet that i outran a bylaw officer who tried to serve me one.
bike speed limits on the mups were set at 20kmh -- a snail's pace, really, since many of the most policed mups were the ones with long, straight stretches and a parallel 'fast lane' to keep bikes and peds seperated.
i, personally, never got a ticket and would never state publicly on the internet that i outran a bylaw officer who tried to serve me one.
03-02-10, 12:27 PM
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When I living in Huntington Beach, they started enforcing the 5, 8, and 10mph speed limits along the beach paths by radar. I think they mostly cited bicycles and roller bladers. I don't recall them catching runners who go faster than 8mph (most of them?). I would ride PCH or parallel side streets. I never got a ticket, but I would tell my friends that I would exceed a posted speed limit by a factor of 4 or 5 almost every day.
03-02-10, 02:22 PM
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I knew two cyclists in Tahoe who'd been ticketed coming down Kingsbury Grade, one for doing 42 in the 35 section and the other for doing 52 in the 40. They both had their respective tickets proudly displayed upon a wall.
03-02-10, 02:46 PM
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Knock wood I've never had a cop (or anyone) yell at me to slow down. But like you if I were to get a ticket for speeding on my bike I'd consider it to be a trophy and not a ticket so much.
03-02-10, 05:35 PM
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When I living in Huntington Beach, they started enforcing the 5, 8, and 10mph speed limits along the beach paths by radar. I think they mostly cited bicycles and roller bladers. I don't recall them catching runners who go faster than 8mph (most of them?). I would ride PCH or parallel side streets. I never got a ticket, but I would tell my friends that I would exceed a posted speed limit by a factor of 4 or 5 almost every day.
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Cheesman actually. The cop was sitting in his car on a side street with his radar. He flashed his lights at me as I went by, so I stopped.
03-03-10, 11:11 AM
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I've heard in some states that a bicycle speeding ticket can affect your motor vehicle driving record (and thus your insurance rates). I want to say Texas is one, but don't quote me.
03-03-10, 04:57 PM
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Pulled over doing 30Mph in a 10 zone once (ca 1986)... Talked my way out of the ticket.
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