Like Justin, I've receive 2 tickets for rolling through stop signs, in the middle of suburbia. One was riding to daily class to CSUN in Northridge CA, second one coming from a geo friends house, different neighborhood but same town. First time I refused to give the cop physical proof of my identity because I was so angry that I was being pulled over at a 4-way stop you can see 100s of yards in all directions. I think I slowed enough to stop but did not put my foot down. Threatened me with jail, so he followed me to my house and confirmed by identity with my girlfriend then wrote the ticket. Last time, like you Joel, I "matched" the identity of someone who just robbed a bank. I wrote that up on the ibob list, the list topic was "Do You Have a Name for Your Bike?" The Schwinn Voyageur was then called the Bank Robbery Bike after that traffic stop.
Mike ticket free Godwin in smokey SLO CA On Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 4:43:23 PM UTC-7, Joel wrote: > > I was out today riding one of my usual routes. I had just gotten back on > the bike (my Bleriot) after stopping to adjust the angle of my Albatross > bars. I was pedaling and all of a sudden out of my mirror I saw some lights > flashing and I pulled over. I got off the bike as a very young officer > walked over to me. I asked him if I had done something wrong, maybe riding > to fast (yeah I know being a wiseass is not really a good things). He asked > me if I had just come from a street which was one I was actually heading > towards.. I told him no and explained where I had ridden. It seems some guy > asked a lady for directions, there mush have been more to it, he was on a > bike, and I fit the description I was told. I was wearing a short sleeve > gray sweat shirts as it was an unusually chilly day today and a Rivendell > cycling cap from years ago. Another officer arrived smiling, he was the > officer in charge. I put up my hands and said it wasn't me and he started > to laugh.He explained to me they were looking for a guy in a gray members > only jacket and a baseball cap with dark hair, my hair is silver/white. > > We talked for a few minutes, they apologized and I said no need. I went > back on my ride and now was on that street wondering if a woman would come > out of her house chasing me. > > In a way I had a good laugh but I wonder what this guy did to make this > woman call the police. This was not my town but 2 towns away in CT while I > live in MA. So something was up. > > So I wonder if any of you have ever been pulled over on your bike? > > Joel > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/149a2ff0-6c38-4d57-addc-795fad6adcb2o%40googlegroups.com.
