The law as per Madison ordinance has a clear prohibition against
impeding traffic (which a bicyclist is):
10.23 OBSTRUCTION OF STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.
(1) Any person unnecessarily obstructing or causing to be obstructed
any street, alley, crosswalk, terrace or sidewalk so as to interfere
with public traffic or access shall be subject to a fine of not less
than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than two hundred ($200).
The wrong person got the ticket.
-Mike
At 11:16 AM -0500 8/6/08, Michael Rewey wrote:
Thanks, Robbie. I referring to motorists not being required to keep
3 feet when passing a
parked car.
Mike
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On 6 Aug 2008 at 10:23, Robbie Webber wrote:
Motorists are required to keep a 3 foot distance when passing a
bike. That is what Darin
wants enforced.
As to the original issue - the cop should have ticketed BOTH
parties. It is illegal to open a
door into traffic, so the car driver obviously did not exercise due
care either.
I hate to say that a bicyclist should be ticketed for getting doored
- after all, getting doored is
punishment enough, but if the cop felt she had to ticket the
bicyclist, then she should have
cited the driver as well.
My advice - note I am not a lawyer - would be to go to court and
fight the ticket. The cop may
feel she had to ticket the bicyclist, but the judge can dismiss it.
Robbie
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Michael Rewey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Unfortunately the law does not apply to motor vehicles so
enforcement would not be
equal
and uniform.
Michael W. Rewey
5522 Comanche Way
Madison, WI 53704-1026
home: 608.249.6673
cell: 608.698.6673
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