Kids on bicycles (RANT)
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you wouldnt "get away" with anything. just maybe less punishment
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assasain;176220 wrote:
i love that commercial btw...i prolly woulda just hit them, technically they have the right away....
Actually, no they don't. They are on vehicles (yes, bicycles are vehicles) and have to follow the rules of the road....technically they are supposed to be driven on the street, not on sidewalks.
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tjamz;176283 wrote:
Actually, no they don't. They are on vehicles (yes, bicycles are vehicles) and have to follow the rules of the road....technically they are supposed to be driven on the street, not on sidewalks.Hence why you can get a DUI on a bike.
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tjamz;176283 wrote:
Actually, no they don't. They are on vehicles (yes, bicycles are vehicles) and have to follow the rules of the road....technically they are supposed to be driven on the street, not on sidewalks.Then explain why they do not have to have license plates, registration, insurance, turn signals and brake lights, headlight..... and dont get pulled over for driving through stop signs and stop lights, cut off traffic................ and then exibition for doing wheelies and endos.
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KA-T_240;177565 wrote:
Then explain why they do not have to have license plates, registration, insurance, turn signals and brake lights, headlight..... and dont get pulled over for driving through stop signs and stop lights, cut off traffic................ and then exibition for doing wheelies and endos.Motorcycles are not held to the same standards as a car/truck either. It's because the vehicle is not motorized that many of those are allowed. If they get caught running a stopsign or stoplight they can be cited just like any other driver though.
And yes, you can get a DUI on a bike. My friends car got hit by a drunk guy on a bike and the cop that arrived to help him gave the guy a DUI. Rather stupid if you ask me, it's a lot safer form of transportation than driving...only person you're really going to injure is yourself. They gotta get their money somehow though.
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I had a group of bosians in west fargo do that shit to me yesterday when i was on my way home with my two kids. You would think if you saw a car coming then you would wait for it to pass then cross the road. Not in this case. So i proceeded to let them cross then i turned around to follow them. I didnt do anything to them nor did i yell anything to them. Sure was fun to fuck with their heads for a little bit.

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KA-T_240;177565 wrote:
Then explain why they do not have to have license plates, registration, insurance, turn signals and brake lights, headlight..... and dont get pulled over for driving through stop signs and stop lights, cut off traffic................ and then exibition for doing wheelies and endos.Because plates/registration/insurance/turn signals & brakes (actually...don't need them if you use hand signals) are required on motor vehicles. They can be pulled over for failure to stop, cutting off traffic, speeding, exhibition driving (if on the road), etc...
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tjamz;177595 wrote:
Because plates/registration/insurance/turn signals & brakes (actually...don't need them if you use hand signals) are required on motor vehicles. They can be pulled over for failure to stop, cutting off traffic, speeding, exhibition driving (if on the road), etc...IMO, if they take up space on the road they should have to meet the same standards as everything else on the road. Not only for other people on the road but for there own saftey. We all know what would happen in a bike and car accident. The laws should also be equally inforced on them. I can not count the number of times i have scene bike riders pedal right though a stop sign or traffic light with a cop there, I know if it was a car they would be fucked.
When I ride bike I do not go on the street unless there is no sidewalk, there are to many idiots on the road to risk my life on a pedal bike
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Colin;177626 wrote:
I also try to bike on the side walk. Then I got arrested for it. My father has gotten a speeding and running a stop sign ticket on his bike. It just sucks that the police don't enforce the bike laws more thoroughly.How did you get arrested for riding your bike on the sidewalk?
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Chinese Proverb? Not really, but still I ponder.
Why is that at least once a week, while riding my bike, some asshole passenger in a vehicle yells out the window to get a car?
Bicycle awarness is not what it should be. I assume it is even worse in Fargo than in the cities.
The other thing I love is seeing retards riding down the road with a bright reflective vest on, with no helmet. WHY?
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2slo50h;178605 wrote:
Bicycle awarness is not what it should be. I assume it is even worse in Fargo than in the cities.I was surprised as hell with the number of bikes I saw on the road down in the cities. Pilot Knob Road (a fairly busy 4 lane) was full of them from Farmington up to Eagan.
I myself would prefer riding on the sidewalk. Frankly I can't keep up with traffic and I know how much it bugs me when a lane is taken up in busy traffic by some guy on a bike.
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thurmanmerman;178367 wrote:
How did you get arrested for riding your bike on the sidewalk?We were riding around hopping onto benches, grinding, flatland tricks, and I have been ticketed 5 times for riding on the sidewalk/destruction of property. This time a cop rolled by and said something, we (of course) responded with middle fingers and riding away. Then a K-9 unit ripped my buddy Rod off his bike, so we all pretty much gave up. I was cuffed and taken to the holding tanks, then charged something like $130 for improper use of a vehicle and fleeing an officer.
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They pulled the same shit yesterday evening on 32nd as iwas going home. Some of them live in the apartments right across the street from the taco johns on 32nd on the ground level.
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I was surprised as hell with the number of bikes I saw on the road down in the cities. Pilot Knob Road (a fairly busy 4 lane) was full of them from Farmington up to Eagan.
I just read somewhere that the cities are number two, only to Portland, in having the most amount of people who commute to work, by bicycle, in the US. When you add in the fact QBP is out the cities. (Quality Bicycle Products the largest distributer of bicycle parts, nearly evershop has there 1000 page cataloug on there front counter) it seems to make sense. Eriks bike shop is a top 5 distrubuter for Specialized, and Cannondale as well and Penn cycle was/is a 1 or 2 Trek from what I understand in the US.
We were riding around hopping onto benches, grinding, flatland tricks, and I have been ticketed 5 times for riding on the sidewalk/destruction of property. This time a cop rolled by and said something, we (of course) responded with middle fingers and riding away. Then a K-9 unit ripped my buddy Rod off his bike, so we all pretty much gave up. I was cuffed and taken to the holding tanks, then charged something like $130 for improper use of a vehicle and fleeing an officer.
Sounds to me like you instigated the issues and that you were not "Arrested for just riding a bike."
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Ok......i was at wal-mart last night bout 10:30ish and i was just ready to wal into the front doors and some bosinan kids flew right in front of me and proceeded to ride their bike in the store. They were told to keep the bikes outside. What do they do??????/ Lay the bikes down in front of the doors. I heard an announcment for them to move the bikes. I cant stand some of these peoples kids. It drives me nuts!!!!!!!
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