Just try and catch me on that!
Apr. 21, 2009 Filed in: Personal
I haven’t posted here in awhile and, since I’ve got a spring cold and loopy on medication, I thought now would be a good time to put something down.
My wonderful bail notice came from Irvine PD a few days ago. Ever wonder how much a ticket costs for riding more than two abreast in the bike lane? $245.00. Yep, that’s right. My friend PJ kept telling me it’d be $400 and I didn’t believe him. I just kept thinking, yeah right, no way is it gonna cost that much. He was close. Damn him.
The battle continues though. At the start of Food Park on 4/18, two Irvine piggies, uh, I mean police officers, showed up at the start of the ride to talk to us all. Of course, someone had to start debating the officers and how the law is interpreted. Once this happens, it’s not even worth hanging around. Attention in the group gets lost and people just started rolling away. Interestingly enough, the cops didn’t follow us on that days ride but I think this battle is far from over. I fully expect to see them out again this coming Saturday. The police said that motorists were taking pictures of us and calling in complaints. So, it looks like we’re all gonna have to behave through Irvine for the foreseeable future. It should be interesting to see how far this whole thing goes.
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