Haroon Said wrote:
> Simple, a city traffic cop on the beat can give you jaywalking ticket, cause
> that his job as he saw you breaking the law. No cop patrols the bike path,
> unless someone reports some unusual activity, plus the bike paths typically
> run thru multiple cities. If I was running a city police department, I
> wouldn't waste my recourses on patrolling the bike path to give tickets to
> joggers or pedestrian.

That sounds like an argument, but it's not "doesn't make sense". Also:
yes, there are police on bike paths, both in autos/SUVs and on bicycles,
and sometimes plainclothes. And, it's a big public safety issue; there
are injuries just among my small group of friends, and I'm sure the
statistics aren't good for Santa Monica/Venice on weekends.

> As I said earlier law enforcement is not really good
> solution, however public education is cheaper and works.

You could be right, but I wouldn't bet on it without actual data.

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> Haroon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bikepaths@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bikepaths@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Dan Mick
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 5:59 PM
> To: bikepaths@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [bikepaths] Re: bike path laws
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> Haroon Said wrote:
>> The reality is bike paths are used by joggers, walkers and homeless. The
>> police are not going to enforce anything because it doesn't make sense to
>> ticket a person walking.
>
> I don't understand why not, and I've certainly been ticketed for jaywalking
> (despite the complete safety of it, unlike occupying space on a bike path).
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