jpo@panda.UUCP (Joseph O'Connor) (04/17/85)
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Just was out riding yesterday started a sprint on a flat and got the
bike's speed up to 32 on my Cateye. Please no flames about how dangerous or
irresponsible that is. Anyway this was done in a 30 MPH zone. Of course
there was someone behind me in a car who underestimated my speed and tried
to pass. When he caught up he realized he was going fast. So I asked him
why he was exceeding the speed limit. He, of course, thought that since I
was riding a bike I would be traveling at a slow speed and was suprised at
how fast we were going.
All of which bings me to my point, in the past I have gotten verbal
warnings for speeding on my bicycle in Arlington MA. I also know of friend
who got a ticket in British Columbia for speeding but I would really be
interested in hearing if any got either a ticket or a written warning for
speeding in the U.S. Also I would like to hear how such a ticket could be
written up, I mean how do you enter the vehcile type?
jpo@GENADmaa@ssc-bee.UUCP (Mark A Allyn) (04/22/85)
> > All of which bings me to my point, in the past I have gotten verbal > warnings for speeding on my bicycle in Arlington MA. I also know of friend > who got a ticket in British Columbia for speeding but I would really be > interested in hearing if any got either a ticket or a written warning for > speeding in the U.S. Also I would like to hear how such a ticket could be > written up, I mean how do you enter the vehcile type? > > > jpo@GENAD I have gotten a written warning for going through a stop sign in San Diago in 1980. In addition, while I was living in Newport, RI, there was a effort to control the ammount of reckless bicycling by certain members of the community and this included tickets and fines. The tickets, I believe, were handled the same as a jay-walking ticket where where is no need for a vehicle type. The only difference was that they earmarked the fine money for some some community use such as school sports programs or the local YMCA or something simmler. Mark Allyn uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!maa