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Personally I have almost never seen police on the bike path;
I ride Rio Hondo, LARIO and SGRT at least once a week. The only time I
saw police was when they were busting some tagger on LARIO around
Last year City of Pasadena tried to pass a new ordnance to
stop people riding 2 abreast, their flawed argument was based upon the fact that
during one hour twice a week at the Rose Bowl 60-80 rider go very fast around
the Rose Bowl in a Peloton, which was very dangerous to other users of the Rose
Bowl, a “big public safety issue” as stated by Police Dept. If the
city had succeeded in passing the ordnance it would have been almost impossible
to enforcement. It would have meant that I couldn’t ride with my
friend and family and teach my kids how to ride. A simple solution that was adopted
was to educate the bike riders and the pedestrians to use the Rose Bowl with common
sense. Bike riders ride clockwise & the joggers and runner go anti
clockwise thereby reducing chances of accidents. While the initial solution
suggested by Pasadena Police Dept to restrict cycling seemed logical it did not
address all users of the space. Similarly we should accept that the LA bike
path(s) end up being used for more than just bike riding. We live in a
large area “LA County” with even a larger population with limited
space for recreation use where multiple user competing for the same resources.
Haroon
-----Original Message-----
From: bikepaths@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bikepaths@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Dan Mick
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 5:04 PM
To: bikepaths@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [bikepaths] Re: bike path laws
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.
>
> Haroon
>
> -----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
>
> 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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