Comments on: Bad biker hair day

By: lisa

lisa — Sat, 07 May 2005 13:06:35 +0000

I can see the safety in following the traffic rules, but I think it’s kind of silly to ticket someone using a vehicle without a motor. :)

By: Woodstock

Woodstock — Fri, 06 May 2005 13:18:39 +0000

It sucks that you got a ticket but I swear I wish they’d start doing this in DC. As a motor vehicle driver I’m happy to treat a bicyclist as a vehicle with the same rights to the street as I have provided said bicyclist obeys the traffic laws, and as a bicyclist, if I’m obeying the traffic laws, damn it, I get to use the whole lane! [grins]

By: jim

jim — Thu, 05 May 2005 20:18:16 +0000

Not surprisingly, my insurance agent was stumped by the question and assumed it would show up on my Permanent (driving) Record. She recommended I call the DMV. The lady at the DMV said it doesn’t, but added that “sometimes they have to write 60mph on there to make their quota; if it does show up, let us know.”

By: Hans

Hans — Wed, 04 May 2005 21:09:34 +0000

Oh jeesh, that sucks. I would recommend going to court. There’s a good chance to officer won’t appear. Or the judge might even toss out the ticket. If you go, be honest if the judge asks if you did or didn’t. If you don’t recall then you don’t and that should be fine.

Around here (SF bay area) various town’s officers, such as Sausalito’s, have a bad reputation. Part of this arises from the car driving locals that have influence. A few get stuck in traffic (behind other drivers), watch a cyclist happily cruise through without problems, and their panties get all tied up in bundles. Next they are complaining to the chief of police and, well, you know what happens.

But… it probably is a conspiracy caused by your WMD sour dough starter.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 04 May 2005 04:19:06 +0000

The fines are the same as if I was in a car. For example, if I was caught in the HOV lane, it would have been $274.

I hope the faux yeast isn’t the problem because I just mailed out a batch to some friends. I’ll be extra careful tomorrow.

By: Director Mitch

Director Mitch — Wed, 04 May 2005 03:08:52 +0000

Bummer. Are bike fines less than the car fines? Can you take Defensive Biking?

By: Terri

Terri — Tue, 03 May 2005 21:12:59 +0000

Wow, I have not seen cops pull over cyclists in a while. The last time I did was a few years ago right when the helmet law came into effect.

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 03 May 2005 21:01:25 +0000

Wow. I better be a little more carefull during my evening commutes where I routinely ride up Grady Way in Renton by splitting the lanes of stopped rush hour traffic.

By: DougW

DougW — Tue, 03 May 2005 15:54:52 +0000

I heard they’ve started to crack down on Mercer Island quite a bit. I wonder if there is some spillover into other areas.

By: Susan dennis

Susan dennis — Tue, 03 May 2005 15:07:00 +0000

ha! I’m smelling conspiracy here – a direct result of your faux yeast packages… They have your number. Wonder if you can get Homeland Security Insurance – coverage for when ‘they have your number’ – you know, travel money, changing identity money, hide the family money…