I saw one of the stop sign stings for bikers this morning on Wells Street. It was pretty obvious as to what it was, but people were still blowing through the stop sign.
Anyone here get caught? Any thoughts on this?
One thing that I thought was funny was this girl who passed me while I was stopping, and then was flagged over and still tried to go. The police stepped in front of her...it looked like she was going to make a break for it, but she ended up stopping.
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Nice post, James, but:
(or being a radical anti-car "let's tax gas at $6/gallon" nutball -who most car drivers feel are trying to steal their independence, mobility, and Freedom)
Boo hoo.
We all have activities that we love to be involved with that someone out there thinks is wrong/despicable/evil and should be taxed out of existence.
The next time you and your friends who do X activity start bitching about how those A-holes are legislating or taxing you to hell remember that you are part of the problem, not the solution. An eye for an eye leaves us all blind.
H3N3 said:Nice post, James, but:
(or being a radical anti-car "let's tax gas at $6/gallon" nutball -who most car drivers feel are trying to steal their independence, mobility, and Freedom) Boo hoo.
I won't rehash my reasoning here (tired of posting the same thing and being ignored) but I have been outspoken against increased gasoline taxes as a method of discouraging driving. I also personally feel that taxes are necessary for the basic services we're provided, and speak up about that when it comes up too. So I don't understand why you think "me and my friends" would take such a simplistic position (i.e. the statement starting with "X-activity"), beyond my suspicion that you're just another person who thinks that anyone who can't see that we need cars must be stupid and simplistic.
This discussion seems to have deteriorated beyond the point of meaningful communication . . .
No response from active trans re: stop sign law yet.
James Baum said:We all have activities that we love to be involved with that someone out there thinks is wrong/despicable/evil and should be taxed out of existence.
The next time you and your friends who do X activity start bitching about how those A-holes are legislating or taxing you to hell remember that you are part of the problem, not the solution. An eye for an eye leaves us all blind.
H3N3 said:Nice post, James, but:
(or being a radical anti-car "let's tax gas at $6/gallon" nutball -who most car drivers feel are trying to steal their independence, mobility, and Freedom) Boo hoo.
I wish I knew how much revenue ticketing bicycles will bring in this year, and how much will be brought in next year. I would bet a shinny new bike bell there will be a big jump....
Just could be pairaniod and cynical, but in the city I don't ever see the laws changing a stop sign being treated as a yield.
I'm sure there would be an initial revenue jump until many bike commuters just plain stopped riding and went back to other options. It's been observed that bike riding has dropped significantly in areas that mandated helmet use. I don't think this would be any different.
If the city's goal was to cut down on the number of riders on the street, this would be the perfect way to do it (perhaps combined with a helmet law that was primarily enforced).
Rick norris said:I wish I knew how much revenue ticketing bicycles will bring in this year, and how much will be brought in next year. I would bet a shinny new bike bell there will be a big jump....
Just could be pairaniod and cynical, but in the city I don't ever see the laws changing a stop sign being treated as a yield.
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