They weren't bike cops; they were "monitors." As monitors, they had temporary jobs, minimal training, and an attitude that brought back memories of the hall monitors in my junior high school, long ago. Part of the problem, I think, was that their ticket-writing authority was limited to bicyclists and pedestrian traffic violations, so they made the most of what they had.
Since the bike monitors went away, I have seen real cops on bikes from time to time, but not this summer. As far as I can tell, bike cops have better things to do than harass bikers for petty traffic violations. But others may have had different experiences with bike cops. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Whitney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [Bikies] Cops on bikes > In the 80s, we had bike cops in Madison and they harrassed bicyclists, > for things like not stopping at stop signs. I'm happy without 'em. > > -barb _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
