cycling in bike lanes NYC style

kieranb
kieranb Posts: 1,674
edited June 2011 in Commuting chat
Sorry, if this has been posted elsewhere:

very funny, worth watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzE-IMaegzQ&feature=player_embedded

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  • t4tomo
    t4tomo Posts: 2,643
    3rd time on bike radar today :D

    worth watching though
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  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Nice one, Casey
  • nich
    nich Posts: 888
    Was gonna post this just now ;)

    He takes rather extreme measures to get his point across, I hope he's healed up now :)
  • drumon
    drumon Posts: 175
    Hope he makes a point with NYC and gets $50 back!
  • nation
    nation Posts: 609
    As it turns out, it technically is a ticketable offence in NYC not to use a cycle lane if one is available.
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    In this case, the law is an ass.

    I do wonder why he stopped to be ticketed though. Whenever a cop has tried to stop me, they failed. Badly.
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  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    I fought the Law and the Law won....
  • t4tomo
    t4tomo Posts: 2,643
    I love the smash into the cop car at the end, I do hope a couple of cops were in it.
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  • hoolio
    hoolio Posts: 139
    There was a news story on US blogs where a woman was being ticketed for RLJ so decided to ride off. NYC cop knocked her off the bike with the police car and pulled his firearm before she was cuffed, and then she spent the night in the cells. :shock:
    The general response was that she shouldn't have tried to run!

    UK police are much nicer in that respect!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    hoolio wrote:
    There was a news story on US blogs where a woman was being ticketed for RLJ so decided to ride off. NYC cop knocked her off the bike with the police car and pulled his firearm before she was cuffed, and then she spent the night in the cells. :shock:
    The general response was that she shouldn't have tried to run!

    UK police are much nicer in that respect!

    I once, shamefully, watched "LV 24/7" which was a programme following Las Vegas cops.

    They chase after a pickpocket, for a good 5 minutes, before finally getting the guy.

    They have him on the floor, putting the cuffs on whilst sitting on his back, before the policeman punches the pickpocket in the back of the head. "Stop resisting!" - before punching him another 3 times.

    Police in the 'states have a massive power complex.
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