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Old 08-28-11 | 09:33 PM
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I'll just leave this here...
https://youtu.be/bzE-IMaegzQ

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Old 08-28-11 | 09:35 PM
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An older video that's been posted here before but quite worth a watch for you guys who haven't seen it before.
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Old 08-28-11 | 09:37 PM
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I just happened upon it today. Entertaining, and I didn't realize it was old news. Sorry for re-post.
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Old 08-28-11 | 09:44 PM
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Sorry for re-post.
There's no need lol it's worth popping up again; I've been trying to find the thread it was in but I can't seem to.
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Old 08-28-11 | 10:04 PM
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Old 08-29-11 | 07:50 AM
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I recently spent a few days in the tombs and guess who I saw while being booked.

The officer in the video
Gave him a high five...errr more of a behind the back low five
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Old 08-29-11 | 08:16 AM
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neistat brothers are great DIY filmakers. have you seen the one where they steal their own bike? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7zb8YXrmIA
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Old 08-29-11 | 10:16 AM
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I love how, for the ending, he finds a cop car in the bike lane. Perfect.
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Old 08-29-11 | 11:32 AM
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neistat brothers are great DIY filmakers. have you seen the one where they steal their own bike? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7zb8YXrmIA


The guy at the end suggests a more effective way to help steal the bike.
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Old 08-29-11 | 12:08 PM
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LOL great video. Reminds me of people in Santa Monica/Venice who walk in a bike lane when there's a paved pedestrian walkway right next to it.
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Old 08-29-11 | 12:33 PM
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[buzzkill]To play devil's advocate, we need to know why he was outside the bike lane to begin with. The law as I find it states (N.Y. VAT. LAW § 1234 : NY Code - Section 1234: Riding on roadways, shoulders, bicycle or in-line skate lanes and bicycle or in-line skate paths):

(a) Upon all roadways, any bicycle
or in-line skate shall be driven either on a usable bicycle or in-line
skate lane or, if a usable bicycle or in-line skate lane has not been
provided, near the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway or upon a
usable right-hand shoulder in such a manner as to prevent undue
interference with the flow of traffic except when preparing for a left
turn or when reasonably necessary to avoid conditions that would make it
unsafe to continue along near the right-hand curb or edge. Conditions to
be taken into consideration include, but are not limited to, fixed or
moving objects, vehicles, bicycles, in-line skates, pedestrians,
animals, surface hazards or traffic lanes too narrow for a bicycle or
person on in-line skates and a vehicle to travel safely side-by-side
within the lane.

So, the law says use the bike lane unless it is unusable, then be near the curb and watch out for ****. Watching out for **** implies that you can deviate to say, go around parked cars, semis, construction, cop cars. What is usable I am sure is debatable, but if this guy was ticket for simply not using a bike lane when there was an open one, he has nothing to ***** about. Granted, he should be entitled to unobstructed bike lanes if the obstruction itself is illegal. But saying, "well, other people are breaking the law" is never an excuse to breaking the law.

So, anyone know the context of his ticket?[buzzkill]
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Old 08-29-11 | 12:44 PM
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he says in the video it wasn't safe to be in the bike lane at that time, you would make a terrible lawyer.
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Old 08-29-11 | 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by raypbchz
he says in the video it wasn't safe to be in the bike lane at that time, you would make a terrible lawyer.
I am a lawyer

Ah, so the cop was writing a ticket consistent with the law I stated.
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