From my old cycling club, the Potomac Pedalers Touring Club, around Washington, DC:
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=347773&...
Seems to be the first time that a cyclist has been hit for a speeding ticket in that neck of the woods. Knowing Alexandria a little, I was wondering where you could get that sort of speed up without a pro quality leadout train.
That's not a very bike friendly patch, in case you're wondering
Here's to some ridable weather
Dereck
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Haven't heard of it happening around here. I wonder if the cyclist had a speedometer.
"Sorry, Office, I didn't know I was going that fast."
This guy needs to get a good lawyer.
In court they will ask to see how the radar gun was calibrated and whether it is rated for bicycles or objects with such a small radar signature. My guess is that it is not -nor was the officer trained in using it in such way.
31 in a 25 is barely 10% over and the error of using a machine that hasn't been calibrated and tuned to register bicycles accurately may have an error greater than that.
Fight it dude. A bicycle is not a motor vehicle. It's just a human-powered frame on wheels. The next thing they will ticket is a runner going over 25MPH as that is doable with a really fast runner for bursts.
There seems to be a lot of anti-bicycle pushback in the non-riding population lately. I wonder why that is?
Hostile...
That made my day. The 2-sided party isn't hostile! That's just for show.
Serge Lubomudrov said:
Does it have anything to do with the recent hostile takeover of the House or Reps?
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