Heads up to Seattle riders
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Heads up to Seattle riders
A co worker today said he heard on KIRO radio the the SPD is cracking down the helmet law. He said they have written 200 tickets at $80 a pop. I have not been able to find anything on line to corroborate this rumor.
Disclaimer: I am not advocating the use of helmets one way or another, I thought I would just give a heads up about it.
Disclaimer: I am not advocating the use of helmets one way or another, I thought I would just give a heads up about it.
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FWIW Long gone are the days that I ride with a nekked head. In my youth I did foolish things like bomb down canyon roads drafting cars at 40 mph sans helmet.
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'heard' on kiro radio? AM talk radio by a shock jockey perhaps?
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maybe they'll use this new push (if there is one) to crack down on CM later this month..
last year they tried pulling over everyone that didn't have helmets - kind of like herding cats.
last year they tried pulling over everyone that didn't have helmets - kind of like herding cats.
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I guess I'll start wearing my lid for the 3 miles r/t to the grocery store and the 0.75mi r/t to the dry cleaners. $80 is pretty steep.
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i think the city has written a couple of hundred TOTAL since the law was enacted 5? years ago now...radio shock jockey probably referencing this.
the city mayor, city's top cop as well as king county all hold a 'hands off' policy regarding critical mass.
I do not believe this has changed.
the city mayor, city's top cop as well as king county all hold a 'hands off' policy regarding critical mass.
I do not believe this has changed.
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i think the city has written a couple of hundred TOTAL since the law was enacted 5? years ago now...radio shock jockey probably referencing this.
the city mayor, city's top cop as well as king county all hold a 'hands off' policy regarding critical mass.
I do not believe this has changed.
the city mayor, city's top cop as well as king county all hold a 'hands off' policy regarding critical mass.
I do not believe this has changed.
I think Bekologist maybe right here, probably the total amount of tickets they have handed out in the last 5 years.
FWIW Long gone are the days that I ride with a nekked head. In my youth I did foolish things like bomb down canyon roads drafting cars at 40 mph sans helmet.
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