long borders slaloming in the bike lane on University ave's west bound bike lane last night...no reflection, slaloming, no real safe way to pass.....hmmm..are we gunna need skateboard lanes? I'm thinking I need a jet pack bike!
--- On Fri, 10/8/10, Patrick Lenon <[email protected]> wrote: From: Patrick Lenon <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Bikies] Cops on bikes - city press release To: [email protected], [email protected] Date: Friday, October 8, 2010, 11:19 AM I have to think they put cops on bikes just so they can get into tighter places than a squad car faster than a cop on foot. If you've ever watched "COPS" they had some great episodes following a bike cop around Las Vegas. But that's all just an excuse for me to share my favorite bike cop anecdote. I was parked near the Edgewater at the top of the hill going towards the Capital, and I saw there was a skateboarder timing the stoplight at Gorham St. so he could blast through the intersection full speed. The light changes, he starts flying down the hill, and I hear "HEY! HOLD IT!" and there is a bike cop chasing the skateboarder down the hill at full speed. The skater looks back, drags a foot to do a 90-degree turn into an narrow alley, jumps off the board and kicks it ups to himself, and runs down the alley without ever breaking stride. The cop and I were left to stand there with our mouths hanging open. ------------ Patrick Lenon > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 11:36:26 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Cops on bikes - city press release > > The press release is written from a really pro-bike stance (which is > cool!), but is lacking in information on how this helps officers do their > jobs more effectively. Does anyone have a good article on how cops on > bikes do their jobs better than cops in cars or cops on foot, or what new > approaches this combined bikes-on-cars option allows them? > > (While I take it for granted that adding bikes to anything makes that > thing better, this is not a universally-held belief.) > > Thanks, > Mindy Preston > > > Thought the Bikies would be interested in this press release that landed > in > > my RSS feed this AM: > > http://www.cityofmadison.com/news/view.cfm?news_id=2275 > > > > > > Robbie Webber > > Bike Walk Madison Steering Committee > > www.bikewalkmadison.org > > Join our group on Facebook! > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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