Paddlers say that about PFD’s skateboarders say that about helmets and now cyclists say that about obeying the law.

As my father used to say, there is no such thing as fair, it’s the law. (My mother says that line is why I went to law school!) 

Cyclists in NY are complaining that they are being targeted by the police for violating traffic laws.

“It’s kind of insulting that the police would pick us out and want to ticket us,” Brooklyn cyclist Mike Green said.

Yes, when cops are hauling someone in front of the cameras on the way to jail (the perp walk) those guys look insulted to me.

“That’s like getting people to stop jaywalking. It’s not really the same thing [as cars stopping at red lights],” he said.

OK, jay walking is a stretch, unless the street is full of cars. But riding a bike without stopping for a light is just stupid!
This one is hilarious!

Reed said bikers are good citizens and that cops need to go after cars instead.

Good citizens. Doesn’t the definition of good citizen mean someone who does not violate the law?
I do agree with part of this statement.

“So now there’s this crackdown,” cyclist Anita Sing said. “They’re gonna start pulling cyclist over for things, like Mike said, that don’t necessarily make sense.”

There are a lot of laws that don’t make sense, however stopping at a red light does. Want to know why because in a contest between a bike and a car, the car wins. Worse, the cyclists are going to lose every time! Even if the car does not win, the cyclists still loses.

I’m writing this article January 11, 2011. I’ve found eight cycling fatalities to date. Three of those fatalities were the fault of the cyclists. Two of them the cyclists specifically did not obey the law and doing so killed them.

Those are just fatalities. Who knows how many cyclists have been maimed, injured or permanently placed in wheel chairs because they decided that they are good citizens and above the law, so violating it is OK.
I hate tickets. They do not change anything. They do raise money for cities without having to say the “T” word (taxes). However, until there is another way to keep cyclists from dying, let the police have write tickets to their fingers are sore.

It’s for your protection you whiners!
 
See Bikers Say They’re Being Targeted Unfairly.

 
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